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MS 4909 Measurements of approximately 170 living Eskimos of St. Lawrence Island, Alaska: individual data sheets
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Creators:
Moore, Riley Dunning, 1883-
Dates:
1912
Size:
170 Pages
40 Items (adding machine tapes )
Collection ID:
NAA.MS4909
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives

Recorded in printed data sheets of Smithsonian Institution, USNM.

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MS 7225 Cliff Evans letter to Edwin Wilmsen
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Creators:
Evans, Clifford, 1920-1981
Wilmsen, Edwin N.
Dates:
1971
Size:
2 Pages
Collection ID:
NAA.MS7225
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives

Letter concerns errors made in publications regarding Aleš Hrdlička's affiliation with the Bureau of American Ethnology.

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MS 7593-a Chinese miniature clothing for the dead
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Creators:
ANONYMOUS
Thayer, A.T., Miss
Dates:
undated
Size:
7 Items
Collection ID:
NAA.MS7593A
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives

Includes both men's and women's clothing, including two paints, one skirt, and four robes. Made of papers in various color. They are burned to make the available for use by the dead in the netherworld. The sizes vary: pants are 13x10 cm and 16x 11 cm; robes are 19x18 cm, 18x21 cm, 18x16.5 cm, and 20.3x17.7 cm; skirts are 10.2x11.3 cm.

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MS 7597 Chinese money for the dead
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Creators:
ANONYMOUS
Thayer, A.T.
Dates:
undated
Size:
2 Items (pieces , 20x8.2 cm)
Collection ID:
NAA.MS7597
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives

The Chinese term jingyi (literally, clothing blessed by the Buddhist scripture) refers also to the paper money made for the dead. It is a rectangular piece of paper with the design of incised strings of coins in the center. It is burned so that the dead will receive holdy blessings and have money for use in the netherworld.

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MS 7594 Paper printed with assorted pieces of Chinese clothing for the dead
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Creators:
ANONYMOUS
Thayer, A.T.
Dates:
undated
Size:
5 Items (14.5.14cm)
Collection ID:
NAA.MS7594
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives

These are known as jingyi, clothing blessed by the Buddhist scripture and burned in hopes that the dead will receive holy blessings as well as clothing to be worn in the netherworld.

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MS 303 Northern Inuits words, phrases, and sentences in Powell's Introduction tot he Study of Indian Languages
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Creators:
Ray, P. H. (Patrick Henry), 1842-1911
Dates:
1881
Size:
64 Pages
Collection ID:
NAA.MS303
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives

In Schedule of John Wesley Powell's Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages. Included anthropomorphic data on separate sheets.

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MS 841 Wintu Vocabulary in Powell's Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages
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Creators:
Curtin, Jeremiah, 1835-1906
Dates:
1888-1889
Size:
78 Pages
Collection ID:
NAA.MS841
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives

In schedule of John Wesley Powell's Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages, partly filled. Contains 670 terms.

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MS 1297 "An Important Link in Coronado's Journey to Quivira Filled in by W.E. Richey," published in The Mail and Breeze, Topeka Kansas
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Creators:
Richey, W. E. (William E.), 1841-
Dates:
July 26, 1902
Collection ID:
NAA.MS1297
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives

With letter of transmittal.

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MS 7381 A collection of northeast Thai textiles: contexts and descriptions
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Creators:
Lefferts, H. Leedom, Jr.
Dates:
undated
Size:
116 Pages
43 Photographs
Collection ID:
NAA.MS7381
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives

Includes sheets with catalog data (name of fabricator, location, identification of pice, date of purchase, cost, collector, and notes) together with photographs of the fabricator with some of their products. There is also a report of the work, an essay on Notheast Thai Textiles, and a map with a key to locations. There are also photographs of the B...

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Digitized Content MS 3984 Tracings from codices, used for study of similarity of design
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Creators:
ANONYMOUS
Dates:
undated
Size:
22 Sheets
Collection ID:
NAA.MS3984
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
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