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National Anthropological Archives
MS 812 Indian Words [Panamint vocabulary]
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS812
- Creators:
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Coville, Frederick V. (Frederick Vernon), 1867-1937Panamint PetePanamint BillKennedy, Frank
- Dates:
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ca. 1891
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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3 Pages
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Mostly botanical terms, many with Latin identification. Names of unidentified plants are in pencil, and "the signs for quantity of vowels are those used in the Century Dictionary."
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Informants: Panamint Pete and family, Panamint Bill, Frank Kennedy (White prospector who had lived with the Panamint), and "an Indian, probably Shoshone, at Keeler, California."
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
Negative microfilm reel 61. 10/67.
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 812, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 812
Local Note
Local Note
autograph typescript document
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
---|---|---|---|
Botany -- Panamint | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Language and languages -- Documentation | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Koso (Panamint) Shoshone | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Indians of North America -- Great Basin | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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