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Beads and pendants from Trants, Montserrat implications for the prehistoric lapidary industry of the Caribbean David R. Watters and Richard Scaglion

Author:
Watters, David Robert  Search this
Scaglion, Richard  Search this
Physical description:
pages 215-237 illustrations, portrait 26 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Montserrat
Date:
1994
Topic:
Indians of the West Indies--Antiquities  Search this
Commerce, Prehistoric  Search this
Beads  Search this
Pendants (Jewelry)  Search this
Beadwork  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1165360

List of publications of the Bureau of American Ethnology; with index to authors and titles

Author:
Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology  Search this
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Department of Anthropology  Search this
Physical description:
134 p
Type:
Bibliography
Place:
America
United States
Date:
1971
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Government publications  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Call number:
Z1209 .L77 1971
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_208396

Box with cover

Culture/People:
Mi'kmaq (Micmac)  Search this
Previous owner:
Milton M. Babcock, Non-Indian, 1910-1997  Search this
Seller:
Milton M. Babcock, Non-Indian, 1910-1997  Search this
Object Name:
Box with cover
Media/Materials:
Birchbark, wood, spruce root, porcupine quills, sweetgrass, iron nails, dye/dyes
Techniques:
Quill embroidered
Object Type:
Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
Place:
Nova Scotia; Canada (inferred)
Catalog Number:
22/4004
Barcode:
224004.000
See related items:
Mi'kmaq (Micmac)
Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6fcc46829-b798-4eaa-b7af-822965daebdb
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_238897
Online Media:

The well of sacrifice

Author:
Ediger, Donald  Search this
Physical description:
288 pages illustrations (part color), ports 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Chichén Itzá Site (Mexico)
Chichén Itzá (Mexique : Site archéologique)
Mexico
Chichén Itzá Site
Date:
1971
Topic:
Mayas--Antiquities  Search this
Mayas--Antiquités  Search this
Call number:
F1435.1.C5 E3X
F1435.1.C5E3X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_8102

The first American a story of North American archaeology by C. W. Ceram. [Translated from the German by Richard and Clara Winston

Author:
Ceram, C. W., 1915-1972  Search this
Physical description:
xxi, 357 pages illustrations, maps, plates (part color), ports 24 cm
Type:
Books
Book advertisements
History
Place:
United States
États-Unis
Amérique du Nord
North America
Nordamerika
Date:
1971
Topic:
Archaeology--History  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Archéologie--Histoire  Search this
Fouilles (Archéologie)  Search this
Peuples autochtones--Antiquités  Search this
Archaeology  Search this
Archäologie  Search this
Arqueologia/Pre-Historia (America)  Search this
Arqueologia/Pre-Historia (Estados Unidos)  Search this
Ethnoarchaeology  Search this
Indianer  Search this
Indians of North America--Antiquities  Search this
Indians of North America--History  Search this
Sitios Arqueologicos  Search this
Antiquités  Search this
Call number:
E77.9 .M3713X
E77.9.M3713X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_8132

Peruvian textiles & artifacts a special loan exhibition marking the event of the 21st annual Latin American conference, February 18, 1971, through March 14, 1971

Title:
Peruvian textiles and artifacts
Author:
University of Florida University Gallery  Search this
Physical description:
[20] pages illustrations, 1 map 23 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Catalogues d'exposition
Exhibition catalogs
Place:
Peru
Pérou
Date:
1971
Topic:
Indian textile fabrics  Search this
Indians of South America--Clothing  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Peuples autochtones--Antiquités  Search this
Textiles et tissus des Peuples autochtones  Search this
Indians of South America--Antiquities  Search this
Call number:
F3429.3.T3 F55X
F3429.3.T3F55X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_8592

Introduction to Middle Missouri archeology Donald J. Lehmer

Title:
Middle Missouri archeology
Author:
Lehmer, Donald J (Donald Jayne),) 1917-1975  Search this
Physical description:
x, 206 pages illustrations, maps 27 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Missouri River Valley
Missouri, Vallée du
ESTADOS UNIDOS, MISSOURI
MISSOURI
Date:
1971
Topic:
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Fouilles (Archéologie)  Search this
EXCAVACIONES ARQUEOLOGICAS  Search this
Indians of North America--Antiquities  Search this
INDIOS DE ESTADOS UNIDOS--ARQUEOLOGIA  Search this
Call number:
E78.M82 L45 1971
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_8633

Osceola

Artist:
George Catlin, 26 Jul 1796 - 23 Dec 1872  Search this
Sitter:
Osceola, c. 1804 - 30 Jan 1838  Search this
Medium:
oil on canvas
Dimensions:
75.2 x 61.9 cm (29 5/8 x 24 3/8" ), Estimate
Type:
Painting
Date:
1838-72
Topic:
Costume\Jewelry  Search this
Weapon\Gun\Rifle  Search this
Exterior\Landscape  Search this
Costume\Dress Accessory\Feather  Search this
Osceola: Male  Search this
Osceola: Native American\Native American leader  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
Owner: John K. Foster Antiques
Object number:
DLR00268
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
See more items in:
Catalog of American Portraits
Data Source:
Catalog of American Portraits
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm408be0af2-644d-4c29-ab8b-33b0938cc643
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_DLR00268

Robe

Culture/People:
Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)  Search this
Previous owner:
Charles M. Heffner (Charles Melvin Heffner/C. M. Heffner), Non-Indian, 1885-1978  Search this
Seller:
Charles M. Heffner (Charles Melvin Heffner/C. M. Heffner), Non-Indian, 1885-1978  Search this
Presenter/funding source:
Viking Fund, Incorporated (The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Inc.), 1941-  Search this
Object Name:
Robe
Media/Materials:
Buffalo hide/skin
Techniques:
Painted
Dimensions:
255 x 224 cm
Object Type:
Clothing/Garments: Outerwear (flat)
Place:
Great Lakes region; Canada, USA (inferred)
Catalog Number:
21/115
Barcode:
210115.000
See related items:
Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)
Clothing/Garments: Outerwear (flat)
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6e7395715-8c68-40cf-9f30-a32810888098
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_224427
Online Media:

Needle case

Culture/People:
probably Mohawk (attributed)  Search this
Previous owner:
Karen Coody Cooper, Cherokee Nation  Search this
James R. Roaix (Jim Roaix), Mohawk/Abenaki (Abnaki), 1942-2023  Search this
Donor:
Karen Coody Cooper, Cherokee Nation  Search this
James R. Roaix (Jim Roaix), Mohawk/Abenaki (Abnaki), 1942-2023  Search this
Object Name:
Needle case
Media/Materials:
Ash splints, sweetgrass
Techniques:
Wicker-plaited
Dimensions:
2.5 x 8.5 cm
Object Type:
Sewing Tools and Equipment
Place:
Ontario, Québec, New York; Canada, USA (inferred)
Date created:
1910-1930
Catalog Number:
26/3820
Barcode:
263820.000
See related items:
Mohawk
Sewing Tools and Equipment
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws67cde2ed0-b078-4704-b441-c5d85d83cce9
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_279971
Online Media:

Pipe bowl

Culture/People:
Eastern Band of Cherokee  Search this
Previous owner:
Robert Day, Non-Indian, 1836-1914  Search this
William Ockleford Oldman (W.O. Oldman/William Ockelford Oldman), Non-Indian, 1879-1949  Search this
Previous seller:
Sotheby's Auction House (Sotheby Parke-Bernet/Parke-Bernet)  Search this
Seller:
William Ockleford Oldman (W.O. Oldman/William Ockelford Oldman), Non-Indian, 1879-1949  Search this
MAI agent:
George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957  Search this
Object Name:
Pipe bowl
Media/Materials:
Stone
Techniques:
Carved
Object Type:
Pipes and Smoking
Place:
North Carolina; USA (inferred)
Catalog Number:
3/4788
Barcode:
034788.000
See related items:
Eastern Band of Cherokee
Pipes and Smoking
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6975753b6-6df8-4f4d-832d-99e0efda0ad7
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_37226
Online Media:

The SU site excavations at a Mogollon village, Western New Mexico by Paul S. Martin ; with reports on pottery and artifacts by John Rinaldo ; and appendix on skeletal material by Marjorie Kelly

Author:
Martin, Paul S (Paul Sidney) 1899-1974  Search this
Author:
Rinaldo, John B (John Beach) 1912-1999  Search this
Field Museum of Natural History  Search this
Physical description:
3 volumes in 1 (382 pages) plates, maps 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
New Mexico
Nouveau-Mexique
Date:
1968
1940
Topic:
Antiquities  Search this
Antiquités  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1164937

Three sixteenth-century Mohawk Iroquois village sites / by Robert E. Funk, Robert D. Kuhn

Title:
3 16th-century Mohawk Iroquois village sites
3 sixteenth-century Mohawk Iroquois village sites
Three 16th-century Mohawk Iroquois village sites
Author:
Funk, Robert E  Search this
Kuhn, Robert D  Search this
Physical description:
xv, 167 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
New York (State)
Mohawk River Valley
Mohawk River Valley (N.Y.)
Date:
2003
16th century
Topic:
Antiquities  Search this
History  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Call number:
E99.M8 F86 2003
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_895318

Before Albany : an archaeology of native-Dutch relations in the capital region, 1600-1664 / by James W. Bradley

Author:
Bradley, James W (James Wesley)  Search this
Physical description:
xvii, 230 p. : ill., (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
New York (State)
Albany Region
Albany Region (N.Y.)
Date:
2007
17th century
Topic:
Dutch Americans--Antiquities  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Dutch Americans--History  Search this
History  Search this
Indians of North America--First contact with other peoples  Search this
Archaeology and history  Search this
Material culture  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_895329

Lithograph of "Indian Antiquities" pottery artifacts

Original artist:
Wallis, O. J.  Search this
Dreser, William  Search this
Herbst, Francis  Search this
Richard, John H.  Search this
Stanley, John Mix  Search this
Siebert, Selmar  Search this
Graphic artist:
Sinclair, Thomas  Search this
Dougal, William H.  Search this
Duval, Peter S.  Search this
Printer:
Nicholson, A. O. P.  Search this
Publisher:
United States Navy  Search this
Author:
Cassin, John  Search this
Ewbank, Thomas  Search this
Baird, Spencer Fullerton  Search this
Gilliss, James Melville  Search this
Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 30 cm x 24 cm; 11 13/16 in x 9 7/16 in
overall: 48 cm x 29.7 cm; 18 7/8 in x 11 11/16 in
Object Name:
Senate Book of U.S. Naval Astonomical Expedition
book
Object Type:
Lithograph
Engraving
Hand-Color Lithograph
Chromolithograph
Book print location:
United States: District of Columbia, Washington
Print location of some prints:
United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Associated Place:
South America
Date made:
1855
Subject:
Anthropolgy  Search this
Amphibians  Search this
Mammals  Search this
Navy  Search this
U.S. Congress  Search this
South America  Search this
Environmental History  Search this
Birds  Search this
Fish  Search this
Fossils  Search this
Shells  Search this
Indians  Search this
Reptiles  Search this
Maps  Search this
Exploration and Discovery  Search this
ID Number:
2007.0204.01
Accession number:
2007.0204
Catalog number:
2007.0204.01
See more items in:
Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
Government, Politics, and Reform
Military
Communications
Natural Resources
Science & Mathematics
Survey Prints
Art
Measuring & Mapping
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-6946-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1336263

Records Relating to the Siberian Origin of the American Indian

Creator:
Harrington, John Peabody, 1884-1961  Search this
Jochelson, Waldemar, 1855-1937  Search this
Correspondent:
Jenness, Diamond, 1886-1969  Search this
Names:
Boas, Franz, 1858-1942  Search this
Collins, Henry Bascom, 1899-1987  Search this
Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938  Search this
Stirling, Matthew Williams, 1896-1975  Search this
Collection Creator:
Harrington, John Peabody, 1884-1961  Search this
Extent:
2 Boxes
Culture:
Indians of North America  Search this
Arctic peoples  Search this
Chukchee  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Notes
Manuscripts
Maps
Vocabulary
Place:
Bering Strait
Siberia (Russia)
Date:
1909-1957
Scope and Contents:
This subseries of the Notes and writings on special linguistic studies series contains material reflecting John P. Harrington's long-time interest in theories of the Siberian origin of American Indians. Materials consist of notes and drafts for his paper "Siberian Origin of the American Indian.

His early notes include handwritten and typed versions of the outline "Antiquity of Man . . . " from 1915 (dated by handwriting as well as by type of pencil and paper); copies of short early vocabularies recorded by La Perouse (Tchoka) and Father Jette (Ten'a), probably prepared by Harrington around 1922 to 1923; a mimeographed statement by the Science News Service, dated 1923; newspaper clippings on Harrington's theories from 1924; and two pages of notes which Harrington recorded during a discussion with colleague Truman Michelson in November 1926. There is also an undated typed proposal titled "Investigation of the Origin of the Native American Race." This three page document does not appear to have been written by Harrington, but the source is not indicated.

Materials accumulated during the period 1937 to 1938 are the most numerous. They include notes from interviews; copies of correspondence; records regarding the computation of tribal areas; notes on maps and photographs; and reading notes, extracts, and bibliographic references to secondary sources. The transcripts of interviews, dated February 1937 through November 1938, include information from Riley Moore, Carl Bishop, John G. Carter, and B.A.E. colleagues Truman Michelson and Matthew W. Stirling. The lengthiest set of notes is from a discussion with Smithsonian archeologist Henry B. Collins, who described fieldwork he had conducted from May to November 1936. The brief file of correspondence contains letters from Diamond Jenness and H. E. Rollins and a note from John G. Carter. The file on illustrative materials includes maps and charts showing the computation of land areas occupied by the Chukchee, Aleut, Eskimo, and Athapascan tribes. Supplementing these are notes from meetings with staff members of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey in March and April 1937. There are also notes on maps, motion picture films, and photographs, as well as illustrations by Clark M. Garber and Joelle Danner. The notes from secondary sources include the title page and table of contents for a manuscript by Ivan A. Lopatin titled "The Cult of the Dead Among the Natives of the Amur Valley." There are also a few pages on file for another paper by Lopatin, "Material on the Language of the Natives of the Amur Region." There is also a sizable set of notes relating to the translation of various terms--mostly tribal names--into Russian. These include cut-and-pasted portions of letters which Waldemar Jochelson sent Harrington.

The material compiled after 1937 is highly miscellaneous. Items from the 1940s include a sixteen-page untitled rough draft on the migration of Siberian man; a three-page typed carbon copy of the article "Stepping Stones Between Eurasia and America" which was used in a release by the Office of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior, on August 4, 1940; a partial draft of an article on boats; a sectional map of the Bering Strait which was mailed to Harrington by C. M. Garber on January 18, 1947; and notes from interviews with Mr. [Tappan?] Adney on March 28, 1941, with William Heslop and King Mooers later in that year, and with Henry B. Collins on December 8, 1947. There is also an Eskimo vocabulary which Harrington copied from William Thalbitzer and three pages of miscellaneous notes dating from the late 1950s.

A separate file of notes on Chukchee spans the entire period of Harrington's work on Siberia. There are a number of pages on Chukchee, Yukagir, and Eskimo mythology which he extracted from his notes for lectures at the University of Washington in 1910; brief notes from discussions with Truman Michelson, Waldemar Jochelson, and Franz Boas around 1926 to 1928; and copies made on February 23, 1937, of "Chukchee polysynthesis words" which had been compiled in an unspecified article by colleague Robert W. Young. The source of data for the latter was Waldemar Bogoras's paper "Chukchee" in the Handbook of American Indian Languages edited by Franz Boas. Later material includes a copy of a letter from Ivan Lopatin (November 23, 1947) with an enclosure titled "Discovery of the Chukchee and Derivation of the Name"; a copy by Harrington of the enclosure; and the rough beginning of a paper by Harrington titled "Short Sketch of the Grammar of the Chukchee Language," also evidently written in 1947.
Local Numbers:
Accession #1976-95
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access.
Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Topic:
Indians -- origin  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Genre/Form:
Notes
Manuscripts
Maps
Vocabulary
Collection Citation:
John Peabody Harrington papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
The preferred citation for the Harrington Papers will reference the actual location within the collection, i.e. Box 172, Alaska/Northwest Coast, Papers of John Peabody Harrington, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

However, as the NAA understands the need to cite phrases or vocabulary on specific pages, a citation referencing the microfilmed papers is acceptable. Please note that the page numbering of the PDF version of the Harrington microfilm does not directly correlate to the analog microfilm frame numbers. If it is necessary to cite the microfilmed papers, please refer to the specific page number of the PDF version, as in: Papers of John Peabody Harrington, Microfilm: MF 7, R34 page 42.
Identifier:
NAA.1976-95, Subseries 8.15
See more items in:
John Peabody Harrington papers
John Peabody Harrington papers / Series 8: Notes and Writings on Special Linguistic Studies
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3024e243c-0e4b-4932-b361-b91e745f9ade
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-1976-95-ref15644
Online Media:

Quirt

Culture/People:
probably Plains Cree (Prairie Cree) (attributed)  Search this
Possible owner:
W. J. Thompson, Non-Indian  Search this
Possible seller:
W. J. Thompson, Non-Indian  Search this
Object Name:
Quirt
Media/Materials:
Elk antler, wool cloth, cotton cloth, glass bead/beads, wool yarn, hide thong/babiche, embroidery floss, brass tacks/bosses
Techniques:
Overlay beadwork, studded, incised, sewn, wrapped, braided, tasseled
Object Type:
Animal Tack and Animal Husbandry
Place:
Manitoba; Canada
Catalog Number:
18/6517
Barcode:
186517.000
See related items:
Plains Cree (Prairie Cree)
Animal Tack and Animal Husbandry
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws654ebf50a-45cf-40f6-9dde-f4fdce2984d2
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_199445
Online Media:

The fall of the great celestial bird : a master myth in early classic Central Mexico / by Jesper Nielsen, Christophe Helmke

Author:
Nielsen, Jesper 1972-  Search this
Helmke, Christophe  Search this
Physical description:
46 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Teotihuacán Site (San Juan Teotihuacán, Mexico)
Mexico
Date:
2015
Topic:
Antiquities  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1106583

The archaeology of race in the Northeast edited by Christopher N. Matthews and Allison Manfra McGovern

Editor:
Matthews, Christopher N., 1965-  Search this
McGovern, Allison Manfra  Search this
Physical description:
1 online resource
Type:
Electronic resources
Electronic books
History
Place:
Northeastern States
Date:
2015
Topic:
Archaeology and history  Search this
African Americans--Antiquities  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Discrimination & Race Relations  Search this
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Minority Studies  Search this
Indians of North America--Antiquities  Search this
Race relations  Search this
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology  Search this
History  Search this
Call number:
F106 .A73 2015 (Internet)
Restrictions & Rights:
1-user
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1145169

Social skins of the head body beliefs and ritual in ancient Mesoamerica and the Andes edited by Vera Tiesler and María Cecilia Lozada

Editor:
Lozada, María Cecilia  Search this
Tiesler, Vera  Search this
Physical description:
1 online resource
Type:
Electronic resources
Electronic books
History
Place:
Latin America
Date:
2018
Topic:
Indians--Craniology  Search this
Anthropometry  Search this
HISTORY--Mexico  Search this
Head in art  Search this
Head--Mythology  Search this
Head--Religious aspects  Search this
Indians of Central America--Antiquities  Search this
Indians of Central America--Material culture  Search this
Indians of Central America--Social life and customs  Search this
Indians of Mexico--Antiquities  Search this
Indians of Mexico--Material culture  Search this
Indians of Mexico--Social life and customs  Search this
Call number:
E59.C73 S63 2018e (Internet)
Restrictions & Rights:
1-user.
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1145622

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