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Creator:
Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938  Search this
Haag, Mack  Search this
Extent:
6 Pages
Culture:
Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Field notes
Narratives
Manuscripts
Date:
1931
Scope and Contents:
Truman Michelson's anthropometric measurements of 23 Southern Cheyennes and a personal narrative by Mack Haag, also a Southern Cheyenne. The anthropometric data include tables of measurements and standard deviations. Haag's text, handwritten by him in English, is about consulting a Cheyenne medicine man and courtship and marriage customs. Includes occasional notes by Michelson.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 3337
Local Note:
Title changed from "Anthropometrical data on 23 Southern Cheyennes, with tables of measurements and standard deviations Summer, 1931" 4/3/2014.
Topic:
Physical anthropology  Search this
Indians of North America -- anthropometry  Search this
Shamans  Search this
Marriage customs and rites  Search this
Courtship  Search this
Ethnology  Search this
Genre/Form:
Field notes
Narratives
Manuscripts
Citation:
Manuscript 3337, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS3337
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw38fee09db-de7b-49de-a865-933c34d079b4
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms3337