National Anthropological Archives

MS 7069 Notes on Eskimos of St. Lawrence Island, Alaska

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS7069
Creators:
Moore, Riley Dunning, 1883-
Dates:
undated
Languages:
Undetermined
.
Physical Description:
59 Pages
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Includes clothing, sorcery, disease, mortuary customs, descriptions of specific ceremonies, and notes on visor and whetstone used in hunting bear (item in Moore collection).

Administration

Custodial History
Transferred from Processing Lab, 8/22/74. NAA accession 75-11.

Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 7069, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

More Information

Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 7069

Local Note

Local Note
Autograph and manuscript document


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Clothing and dress -- Eskimo Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Witchcraft -- Eskimo Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Medicine -- Eskimo Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Rituals, formulas and ceremonies -- Eskimo Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Mortuary customs -- Eskimo Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Hunting -- Eskimo Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Alaska Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Eskimos Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Arctic peoples Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Subarctic Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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