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National Anthropological Archives
MS 537 Iacoutat (Yakutat Tlingit) vocabulary
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS537
- Creators:
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Furuhjelm, Johan Hampus, 1821-1909
- Dates:
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ca. 1862
- Languages:
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Vocabulary is actually Eyak, according to M.E. Krass, 4/65.
- Physical Description:
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6 Pages
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Entered in printed "Comparative Vocabulary" form of the Smithsonian. Approximately 180 terms. Also 6 page copy of same in hand of George Gibbs.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Hjalmar J. Furuhjeim was governor of Russian Colonies in America.
Administration
Custodial History
Possibly transmitted with Furuhjelm letter of April, 1862 (Bureau of American Ethnology Number 528).
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 537, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 537
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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Language and languages -- Documentation | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Tlingit | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Eyak | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Indians of North America -- Subarctic | 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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