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Creator:

Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958  Search this

Informant:

Sam, Watt, 1876-1944  Search this

Gurny, John ?  Search this

Names:

Taylor, Nancy  Search this

Extent:

17 Pages

Culture:

Natchez  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Date:

ca. 1907-1911

Scope and Contents:

Also autograph document, 6 pages. Includes: Notes on pottery, baskets, implements, stars and constellations, tribal subdivisions, chiefs, medicine, burials, beliefs and taboos, month names, names of other tribes, personal names, clan names, relationship terms, place names, Natchez counting. Text, "The Snake and the Moon," mentions Nancy Taylor.

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 4144

Local Note:

Informants: Watt Sam; and 3 pages from John Gurny (?).

typescript document

Topic:

Pottery -- Natchez  Search this

Basket making -- Natchez  Search this

Tools and implements -- Natchez  Search this

Astronomy -- Natchez  Search this

Names, tribal -- Natchez  Search this

Names, Personal -- Natchez  Search this

Numbers -- Natchez  Search this

Medicine -- Natchez  Search this

Mortuary customs -- Natchez  Search this

Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this

Citation:

Manuscript 4144, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS4144

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw37e6e287e-d9f6-4d50-a858-65e8dd652e14

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms4144