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National Anthropological Archives
MS 4117-a Materials relating to the Haida
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS4117A
- Creators:
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Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958Stevens, Tom ?
- Dates:
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undated
- Languages:
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Materials inKiowa(Káyowē) andEnglish.
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Contents: (1) Vocabulary notes, especially concerning technology, food gathering, and place names. 18 pages. (2) "List of plants collected by Dr John R. Swanton." Scientific and Haida names. 2 pages, typed. (3) Printed copy of "A Preliminary Catalogue of the Collections of Natural History and Ethnology in the Provincial Museum, Victoria, British Columbia," 1898, with Haida names added in pencil by Swanton to the Check List of British Columbia Birds, pages 15-55. Cover marked by Swanton, "Containing Haida names of animals, obtained from Tom Stevens [?], Chief of naikungegawai [?]." Material not in Swanton's hand, but evidently received by him from others: (4) "List of Mollusca collected by the Queen Charlotte Islands with Haida names (all Skidegate)." Subsequent parts of list marked , "Fishes," "Annulosa," "Crustacea," "Echinodermata," "Coelenterata," and "Mammalia." 5 pages.
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Citation
Manuscript 4117-a, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 4117-a
Other Title
Other Title
List of plants collected by Dr John R. Swanton
Other Title
A Preliminary Catalogue in the Provincial Museum, Victoria, British Columbia
Other Title
List of Mollusca collected by the Q. C. I. with Haida names (all Skidegate)
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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Haida language | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Botany -- Haida | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Zoology -- Haida | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Names, place -- Haida | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Language and languages -- Documentation | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Haida | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast of North America | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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