National Anthropological Archives

MS 3791 Luiseno mythology

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS3791
Creators:
Henshaw, Henry W. (Henry Wetherbee), 1850-1930
Dates:
after 1907
Languages:
Undetermined
.
Physical Description:
23 Pages
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Manuscript on Mythology, cosmogony of the Luisenos, baptismal ceremony, etc. Contains names, mostly untranslated and several phrases in Luiseno.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Dated after 1907, because Kroeber's classification of Shoshonean (1907) is infered on page 5.

Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 3791, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

More Information

Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 3791

Local Note

Local Note
typescript document


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Folklore -- Mission Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Names -- Mission Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Cosmology -- Mission Indians Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Ceremonies -- Mission Indians Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Luiseno Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Mission Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Payómkawichum (Luiseño) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- California Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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