National Anthropological Archives

MS 4085 Letter to Major Powell

Summary
Collection ID:
NAA.MS4085
Creators:
Swan, James G., 1818-1900
Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902
Dates:
December 7, 1880
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
22 Pages
Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Discussion of tattoo marks of the Haida of Queen Charlotte Islands, B. C. and the Prince of Wales Archipelago, southern Alaska.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
In clerk's hand. Copied on Negative Microfilm Reel 29.
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 4085, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 4085
Bibliography
Bibliography
Marked for printer; published in Mallery, "Pictographs of the North American Indians," 4th Annual Report, Bureau of American Ethnology, 1886, pages 66-73.
Keywords
Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Tattooing -- Haida Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Haida Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Repository Contact
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