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National Anthropological Archives
MS 7295 Miscellaneous manuscripts relating to the aboriginal Indians of Dutch and British Guiana
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS7295
- Creators:
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Roth, Walter E. (Walter Edmund), 1861-1933
- Dates:
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1925
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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218 Pages
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
The material includes lists, texts, brief articles, clippings, vocabularies, letters, reading notes, bibliographic notes, and maps. Much of the material has to do with natural history and geography and includes material on place names and animal names. Some of the material has no direct relation to Roth's study of Guyana aborigines. For example, there are comparisons of names on maps of different periods and and lists of fauna. There are also small amounts of material on face painting, loan words (Indian in Dutch, European words in Carib), and petroglyphs. Some of the clippings concern Brazil.
Administration
Existence and Location of Originals
Library, University of Guyana Box 841, Georgetown Guyana UNIGUY
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 7295, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 7295
Local Note
Local Note
Xerox copies of manuscript documents and printed material
Keywords
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