MS 7540 "The Ainu and the sword in Japan"
Includes sections on the history of the Ainu and their swords; descriptions of specific swords; glossery; Ainu wars. The loose pages are on Ainu signs.
Thomas Temple Hoopes papers concerning Japanese swords
Includes writings, notes, and photographs. The great bulk of the collection concerns Japanese arms and armor, especially swords, but there are also a few photographs of arms and armor from Indian, Turkey, Persia, and Asia Minor. Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used …
James B. Sword letter
A note thanking Miss Peters for her "kind words and appreciation in regard to my [Sword's] paintings..."
MS 1897-g Story of Cankakue Shield; Told by George Sword
Crow, Thomas
Sword, George
Blunt-horn, John
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Samurai sword polishing at the National Museum of Natural History film
Full film record of a Japanese sword polisher cleaning all the Samurai swords in the collections. Footage also includes Samurai warrior, Smithsonian anthropologist Eugene Knez, and Manager of the Department of Anthropology's Processing Lab, George Phebus, examining tsubas (sword hilts). Please note that the contents of the collection and the …
MS 936 Wanagi wacipi toranpi owicakiyakapi kin lee
Sickels, Emma Cornelia
Copy of the original manuscript by Sword. Text in Lakota with diacritical marks and English title supplied in the hand of James Mooney.
MS 7162 Book of Chinese watercolor paintings illustrating modes of punishment
1 Folder (2 sets of 16 pages of notes)
A cloth-bound album containing twelve (12) watercolor paintings on pith paper. The paintings depict various modes of corporal punishment. The Chinese title, Xing ren zhuang ren, or "Punishment with Strong Sword Blades" is apparently figurative, for the twelve drawings in this collection depict punishments other than those by the sword. Included …
Dakota texts from the Boas Collection, American Philosophical Society Library
A.P.S. Number 497.3 B63c Contents: Dakota Texts from the Sword Manuscript [1876-1909; 1938]. Edited and translated by E. Deloria. 382 L. X 8a.18 Old Dakota legends [no date, 1937?] Texts with literal and free translations and with ethnographic and linguistic notes. 358 L. X 8a.21. Dakota autobiographies [ca. 1937]. 382 L. X 8a.4. Dakota commentary on Walker's texts [1937]. 47, 40 L. X 8a.5.
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Smithsonian Networks is a joint venture between Showtime Networks and the Smithsonian Institution. It was formed to create channels featuring programs largely inspired by the assets of the Smithsonian Institution, the world's largest museum and research complex. Smithsonian Channel features award-winning original documentaries, series and ground-breaking programs highlighting America's historical …
