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Creator:
Coville, Frederick V. (Frederick Vernon), 1867-1937  Search this
Informant:
Panamint Pete  Search this
Panamint Bill  Search this
Kennedy, Frank  Search this
Extent:
3 Pages
Culture:
Koso (Panamint) Shoshone  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Basin  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
ca. 1891
Scope and Contents:
Mostly botanical terms, many with Latin identification. Names of unidentified plants are in pencil, and "the signs for quantity of vowels are those used in the Century Dictionary."
Biographical / Historical:
Informants: Panamint Pete and family, Panamint Bill, Frank Kennedy (White prospector who had lived with the Panamint), and "an Indian, probably Shoshone, at Keeler, California."
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 812
Local Note:
autograph typescript document
Topic:
Botany -- Panamint  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 812, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS812
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3f9c9211c-a97d-494d-9527-db4a87fa3b96
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms812