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MS 16 Delaware rendering of the Iroquoian Cosmologic Legend

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Catalog Data

Informant:
Armstrong, John  Search this
Collector:
Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937  Search this
Extent:
40 Pages
Culture:
Lenape (Delaware)  Search this
Munsee Delaware  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
October 8, 1896
Scope and Contents:
Thirteen pages have interlinear translations.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 16
Local Note:
A translation has been made by I. Goddard (using microfilm of this text) in the field ca. 1967/68.
Topic:
Folklore -- Munsee  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Lenape  Search this
Delaware (Lenape)  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 16, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS16
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3ad2acf57-e982-4a13-ab22-4e3637218003
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms16