National Anthropological Archives

MS 7295 Miscellaneous manuscripts relating to the aboriginal Indians of Dutch and British Guiana

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS7295
Creators:
Roth, Walter E. (Walter Edmund), 1861-1933
Dates:
1925
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
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

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Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 7295

Local Note

Local Note
Xerox copies of manuscript documents and printed material


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Place names Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Animal names Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Body decoration Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Guyana Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Surinam Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Petroglyphs Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Texts Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Maps Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Drawings Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Lists Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Clippings Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Vocabulary Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Letters Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Reading notes Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Bibliographic notes Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Atorai Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Carib Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Wapichana (Wapishana) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Macushi (Macusi) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Arawak Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Patamona Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Akawaio (Acawai) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Warao Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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