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National Anthropological Archives
MS 296 Santa Clara (Costanoan), Obispeno Chumash, and Santa Rosa Island Chumash comparative vocabulary
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS296
- Creators:
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Henshaw, Henry W. (Henry Wetherbee), 1850-1930Buelna, FelixPa-hi-la-tcet'
- Dates:
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undated
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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105 Pages
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Contains: (1) Santa Clara (Costanoan) as given by Felix Buelna, at Mission of San Antonio, California September 27, 1884; (2) Obispeno Chumash, recorded near San Luis Obispo, California, October 19-28, 1884; (3) Santa Rosa Island Chumash, recorded from Pa-hi-la-tcet' at Los Alamos, California, October 30-November 7, 1884. Approximately 105 pages in pencil, in Powell's schedule of Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages. (Approximately 247, 313, 410 terms respectively.)
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Note on the Santa Clara informant, Felix Buelna, page 228. The Reverend A.D. Spearman, S.J., University of Santa Clara, California, in postal card of October 4, 1960 adds: "Felix Buelna was an altar boy at M. Sta. Clara c. 1804 and later taught in the Mission school of the Franciscans prior to the coming of the Jesuits. I haven't the year yet." See also Number 868, apparently a neat copy of the Obispeno Chumash. Note on Santa Rosa informant, Pa-hi-la-tcet', page 222. See also Number 866, apparently a neat copy of the Santa Rosa Chumash.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
Microfiim reel 1; title page not on film.
Custodial History
Previously titled "Comparative Vocabulary."
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 296, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 296
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Language and languages -- Documentation | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Ohlone (Costano) | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Chumash [San Luis Obispo Mission] | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Indians of North America -- California | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Chumash | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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