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MS 7295 Miscellaneous manuscripts relating to the aboriginal Indians of Dutch and British Guiana

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Creator:
Roth, Walter E. (Walter Edmund), 1861-1933  Search this
Extent:
218 Pages
Culture:
Atorai  Search this
Carib  Search this
Wapichana (Wapishana)  Search this
Macushi (Macusi)  Search this
Arawak  Search this
Patamona  Search this
Akawaio (Acawai)  Search this
Warao  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Petroglyphs
Texts
Maps
Drawings
Lists
Clippings
Vocabulary
Letters
Reading notes
Bibliographic notes
Place:
Guyana
Surinam
Date:
1925
Scope and Contents:
The material includes lists, texts, brief articles, clippings, vocabularies, letters, reading notes, bibliographic notes, and maps. Much of the material has to do with natural history and geography and includes material on place names and animal names. Some of the material has no direct relation to Roth's study of Guyana aborigines. For example, there are comparisons of names on maps of different periods and and lists of fauna. There are also small amounts of material on face painting, loan words (Indian in Dutch, European words in Carib), and petroglyphs. Some of the clippings concern Brazil.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 7295
Local Note:
Xerox copies of manuscript documents and printed material
Topic:
Place names  Search this
Animal names  Search this
Body decoration  Search this
Genre/Form:
Petroglyphs
Texts
Maps
Drawings
Lists
Clippings
Vocabulary
Letters
Reading notes
Bibliographic notes
Citation:
Manuscript 7295, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS7295
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3366c2ed0-f5f1-4bbf-ae3b-d32975eab005
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms7295