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National Anthropological Archives
Materials relating to The Iroquois Eagle Dance, an Offshoot of the Calumet Dance, Bureau of American Ethnoloy Bulletin 156
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS4398
- Creators:
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Fenton, William N. (William Nelson), 1908-2005Smith, Ernest, 1907-1975 (Seneca)
- Dates:
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undated
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Includes: 1. Correspondence and notes on the eagle dance. Ca. 1937-1951. 2. Plates 1-28, Bull. 156 and figures 1 and 2. 3. (In oversize file) Two original paintings by Ernest Smith, Seneca. Published in Bull. 156 (Copy Negatives 43,792 and 43,792-A) 4. First draft and author's final draft of manuscript. For disposal when Bull. 156 published. Date destroyed: November 9, 1953. 5. Negative of portrait of Will West Long, Cherokee. Sent to Photo Lab for filing Neg. Number 42612. Slides: "The Seneca Eagle Dance." From oil painting in Bureau of American Ethnology Archives by Ernest Smith, Seneca artist of Tonowanda, N.Y. (Reproduced in Fenton, "The Iroquois Eagle Dance," Bureau of American Ethnology Bull. 156, 1953, Pl. 27.) "Dew Eagle dances on the deer." From water color by Ernest Smith, Seneca artist of Tonowanda, N. Y. (Reproduced in Fenton, "The Iroquois Eagle Dance," Bureau of American Ethnology Bull. 156, 1953, Pl. 1)
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Citation
Manuscript 4398, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 4398
OPPS NEG 43,792
OPPS NEG 43,792-A
OPPS NEG 42612
Keywords
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Eagle dance -- Iroquois | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Drawings | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Paintings | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Slides (photographs) | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Iroquois | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Long, Will West (Cherokee) | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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