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Donor Name:

Dr. Robert Cook  Search this

Culture:

Bribri  Search this

Object Type:

Mask

Place:

North, Panama, Central America

Accession Date:

21 May 1953

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

198355

USNM Number:

E392562-0

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Anthropology

Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/31dd4a235-69d0-4dae-aa21-e5d32db18aa2

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8422685

Collection Collector:

McDonald, David N.  Search this

Extent:

1 Drawing (2 leaves, graphite, crayon, and ink, 19 x 32 cm.)

Culture:

Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)  Search this

Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Drawings

Ledger drawings

Date:

ca. 1880

Scope and Contents:

Numbered pages 58 and 59.

Local Numbers:

NAA INV 08668600

NAA INV 08668700

NAA MS 4452-a1

Album Information:

NAA MS 4452A1 028

Genre/Form:

Ledger drawings

Collection Citation:

Manuscript 4452-a, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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MS 4452-a Two books of Cheyenne and Arapaho drawings

MS 4452-a Two books of Cheyenne and Arapaho drawings / Book of drawings by anonymous Cheyenne artists

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3aeab102c-a567-4c38-8eb9-8bb3b07d7710

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-ms4452a-ref30

Creator:

Tsatoke, Monroe, 1904-1937  Search this

Collection Artist:

Asah, Spencer, approximately 1908-1954  Search this

Auchiah, James, 1906-1974  Search this

Mopope, Stephen, 1898-1974  Search this

Hokeah, Jack, 1902-1969  Search this

Smoky, Lois, 1907-1981  Search this

Tsatoke, Monroe, 1904-1937  Search this

Collection Collector:

Jacobson, Oscar Brousse, 1882-1966  Search this

Extent:

1 Painting (watercolor applied with pochoir, 89 x 72 cm.)

Culture:

Kiowa  Search this

Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Paintings

Ledger drawings

Date:

1929

Scope and Contents:

Inscription on verso reads: "Warrior in Black."

Local Numbers:

OPPS NEG 92-10951

NAA INV 09066800

NAA MS 7536

Album Information:

MS 7536 023

Genre/Form:

Ledger drawings

Paintings

Collection Citation:

Manuscript 7536, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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MS 7536 Pochoir prints of ledger drawings by the Kiowa Five

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3bede91b0-c141-4e49-8db5-c4059c59f2f2

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-ms7536-ref23

Creator:

Hunt, George ?  Search this

Collection Collector:

Hunt, George  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (leaf )

Culture:

Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)  Search this

Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast of North America  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

n.d

Local Numbers:

NAA INV 08684300

NAA MS 7031

Local Note:

drawing

Topic:

Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw)  Search this

Works of art  Search this

Collection Citation:

Manuscript 7031, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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MS 7031 Drawings and watercolors of people, animals, boats, ships, and houses

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw31c4fdb34-a580-4dc7-8d48-136a1fe1efd8

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-ms7031-ref9

Collector:

Emile Granier  Search this

Donor Name:

Emile Granier  Search this

Culture:

Shoshone  Search this

Object Type:

Breast Plate / Tweezers

Place:

Wyoming, United States, North America

Accession Date:

14 Sep 1898

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

034005

USNM Number:

E200934-0

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Anthropology

Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3158f6d64-8f0f-4001-a070-9394dfed83aa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8355261

Collector:

Mrs. Mildred H. Loveless  Search this

Donor Name:

Mrs. Mildred H. Loveless  Search this

Culture:

Kiowa  Search this

Cheyenne (Tsitsistas, Suhtai)  Search this

Object Type:

Cradle

Place:

Fort Sill, Comanche County, Oklahoma, United States, North America

Accession Date:

20 Jul 1949

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

183513

USNM Number:

E387302-0

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Anthropology

Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a85c9a84-804f-42b4-bbfa-ff3787ee1691

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8421169

Creator:

Hunt, Wolf Robe (Wayne Henry), 1905-1977  Search this

Hunt, Wolf Robe (Wayne Henry), 1905-1977  Search this

Ki-wa  Search this

Growing Plant  Search this

Annotator:

Stirling, Matthew Williams, 1896-1975  Search this

Collection Artist:

Hunt, Wolf Robe, 1905-1977  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (leaf, 010 in x 012 in)

Culture:

Acoma Pueblo  Search this

Indians of North America -- Southwest, New  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Works of art

Date:

SEP 1928

Local Numbers:

NAA INV.08546600

Local Note:

Published: Stirling, M. W.;BAE-B 135, Pls I, 3-17 Pl12A "Original Myth of Acoma"; Drawn by Artist Under Direction of his Father, Gi -Rri, Called Edward Hunt, a Member of Koshari

Colored pencil and watercolor on paper painting laminated

Place:

District of Columbia -- Washington

Genre/Form:

Works of art

Collection Citation:

Manuscript 4290, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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MS 4290 Drawings of kachinas and ceremonial apparatus

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3a4de6060-ac93-437c-a7c3-99419a7f962b

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-ms4290-ref34

Creator:

Hunt, Wolf Robe (Wayne Henry), 1905-1977  Search this

Hunt, Wolf Robe (Wayne Henry), 1905-1977  Search this

Ki-wa  Search this

Growing Plant  Search this

Annotator:

Stirling, Matthew Williams, 1896-1975  Search this

Collection Artist:

Hunt, Wolf Robe, 1905-1977  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (leaf, 010 in x 012 in)

Culture:

Acoma Pueblo  Search this

Indians of North America -- Southwest, New  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Works of art

Date:

SEP 1928

Local Numbers:

NAA INV.08546700

Local Note:

Published: Stirling, M. W.;BAE-B 135, Pls I, 3-17 Pl12A "Original Myth of Acoma"; Drawn by Artist Under Direction of his Father, Gi -Rri, Called Edward Hunt, a Member of Koshari

Colored pencil and waterolor on paper painting laminated

Place:

District of Columbia -- Washington

Genre/Form:

Works of art

Collection Citation:

Manuscript 4290, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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MS 4290 Drawings of kachinas and ceremonial apparatus

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw306076dc8-3a91-494d-b37c-e502cbd12e9b

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-ms4290-ref35

Annotator:

Denig, Edwin Thompson, 1812-1858  Search this

Collection Collector:

Denig, Edwin Thompson, 1812-1858  Search this

Extent:

7 Items (drawings on 1 mount, ink on blue chain layed paper, tracing cloth, and Manila paper, mounted on paper, mount 26 x 19 cm.)

Culture:

Assiniboine (Stoney)  Search this

Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Ledger drawings

Date:

ca. 1853

Scope and Contents:

Inscriptions read: "Fig 1 Elk Shin Bone", "Fig 2 Elk horn iron tool", "Lancet", "Horn for cupping", "Wah heent Kah tool for scraping hides as shaving the skin Fig 2", "Wah heem pack pah Tool for fleshing the hide". Two drawings are on blue chain layed paper, 1 is on architecht's linen, and 4 on manilla paper.

Local Numbers:

NAA INV 08690100

NAA MS 2600-B-1

Place:

United States North Dakota Fort Union.

United States Dakota Territory Fort Union.

Album Information:

MS 2600B1 009

Topic:

Assiniboin  Search this

Genre/Form:

Ledger drawings

Collection Citation:

Manuscript 2600-b-1, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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MS 2600-b-1 Anonymous Assiniboine drawings to illustrate Edwin Denig's "Indian Tribes of the Upper Missouri"

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw327d7ddd6-ded6-43d5-b168-9a979f33201a

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-ms2600b1-ref9

Creator:

Silver Horn, 1860-1940  Search this

Collection Creator:

Silver Horn, 1860-1940  Search this

Extent:

1 Drawing (graphite, watercolor, and ink, 30 x 35 cm.)

Culture:

Kiowa  Search this

Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Drawings

Ledger drawings

Date:

ca. 1884-1897

Scope and Contents:

Drawing is inscribed by Hugh Scott, "scalp", "cedar", "breech cloth", "Med Keeper", "One of the 4 assts", "center pole", buffalo bull hide", "cedar incense", and "Time". Various objects have been lettered a-g. The inscriptions, excluding the letters, have been scratched out.

Local Numbers:

NAA INV 09056900

OPPS NEG 92-11375

NAA MS 4252

Place:

United States Oklahoma Territory Fort Sill.

United States Oklahoma. Fort Sill.

United States Oklahoma Territory. Mount Scott.

United States Oklahoma. Mount Scott.

Album Information:

MS 4252 041

Genre/Form:

Ledger drawings

Collection Citation:

Manuscript 4252, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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MS 4252 Military target record book containing drawings by Silver Horn and others and a pictorial diary by Silver Horn

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw389e93e82-43ed-4010-97bc-fa7fcf3f36ed

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-ms4252-ref3

Creator:

Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this

Type:

Video recordings

Podcast

MIME Type:

video/mp4

Uploaded:

Sat, 22 Apr 2017 11:05:00 EST

Topic:

Cultural property  Search this

See more episodes:

Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian Live Events

Data Source:

Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:podcasts_c543171eedd3ce00bf23ff6e3666b4b3

Collection Creator:

Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology. Division of Ethnology  Search this

Extent:

1 Photographic print (004 in x 007 in mounted on 005 in x 008 in)

Culture:

Chitimacha?  Search this

Natchez  Search this

Indians of North America -- Southern States  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Photographic prints

Photographs

Date:

1890

Local Numbers:

NAA INV.04415200

OPPS NEG.2860FF4

OPPS NEG.1168B5(2)

Local Note:

Black and white photoprint on cardboard mount

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Citation:

Photo Lot 97 DOE North America:United States:General 04415200, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Division of Ethnology photograph collection 1

Division of Ethnology photograph collection 1 / North America / United States / General

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw375114a93-e2fd-400e-8b85-6cb058f26580

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-97-ref4618

Collection Creator:

Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology. Division of Ethnology  Search this

Extent:

1 Photomechanical print (003 in x 005 in)

Culture:

Chitimacha?  Search this

Natchez  Search this

Indians of North America -- Southern States  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Photomechanical prints

Photographs

Date:

1890

Local Numbers:

NAA INV.04415300

Local Note:

Black and white photomechanical print

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Citation:

Photo Lot 97 DOE North America:United States:General 04415300, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Division of Ethnology photograph collection 1

Division of Ethnology photograph collection 1 / North America / United States / General

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw340b1142c-5afe-4196-a8cc-85a7e6c650c6

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-97-ref4619

Names:

NMNH  Search this

Collection Creator:

Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology. Division of Ethnology  Search this

Extent:

1 Photographic print (010 in x 006 in)

Culture:

Hopi  Search this

Guiana  Search this

Pomo  Search this

Coast Salish  Search this

Tlingit  Search this

Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast of North America  Search this

Indians of North America -- Plateau  Search this

Indians of North America -- California  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Photographic prints

Photographs

Date:

undated

Scope and Contents:

Rattle Collection, Gourd: Wood: Rawhide: Pebbles: Seeds: Plaited Fiber: Moth Cocoons: Pecten Shell: Feather: Cloth: Tortoise Shell: Deer Dewclaws: Leather

Local Numbers:

NAA INV.04416800

Local Note:

Black and white photoprint

Place:

DC? -- Washington?/NMNH?

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Citation:

Photo Lot 97 DOE North America:United States:Music 04416800, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Division of Ethnology photograph collection 1

Division of Ethnology photograph collection 1 / North America / United States / Music

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw37a3bcc07-76dc-48bf-a9f7-60de25fd1dc3

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-97-ref4633

Names:

NMNH  Search this

Collection Creator:

Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology. Division of Ethnology  Search this

Extent:

1 Photomechanical print (010 in x 006 in)

Culture:

Hopi  Search this

Guiana  Search this

Pomo  Search this

Coast Salish  Search this

Tlingit  Search this

Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast of North America  Search this

Indians of North America -- Plateau  Search this

Indians of North America -- California  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Photomechanical prints

Photographs

Date:

undated

Scope and Contents:

Rattle Collection, Gourd: Wood: Rawhide: Pebbles: Seeds: Plaited Fiber: Moth Cocoons: Pecten Shell: Feather: Cloth: Tortoise Shell: Deer Dewclaws: Leather

Local Numbers:

NAA INV.04416900

Local Note:

Black and white photomechanical print

Place:

DC? -- Washington?/NMNH?

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Citation:

Photo Lot 97 DOE North America:United States:Music 04416900, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Division of Ethnology photograph collection 1

Division of Ethnology photograph collection 1 / North America / United States / Music

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw33082ed25-0717-4ebb-b392-fa874a7a1b05

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-97-ref4634

Names:

NMNH  Search this

Collection Creator:

Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology. Division of Ethnology  Search this

Extent:

1 Photomechanical print (010 in x 006 in)

Culture:

Japanese  Search this

Chinese  Search this

Hupa  Search this

Spain  Search this

Fijians  Search this

Indians of North America -- California  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Photomechanical prints

Photographs

Place:

India

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Date:

undated

Scope and Contents:

Rattle Collection, Wrought Iron: Iron Bell: Cloth: Deer Hoof: Beads: Hawk Bell: Bone: Wood: Skin: Cement: Bronze

Local Numbers:

NAA INV.04417000

Local Note:

Black and white photomechanical print

Place:

DC? -- Washington?/NMNH?

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Citation:

Photo Lot 97 DOE North America:United States:Music 04417000, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Division of Ethnology photograph collection 1

Division of Ethnology photograph collection 1 / North America / United States / Music

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw39b6246a2-badd-45ba-8895-32f69d71439d

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-97-ref4635

Correspondent:

Hanson, James A.  Search this

Conner, Stuart W.  Search this

Dempsey, Hugh A.  Search this

Brasser, Ted J.  Search this

DeMallie, Raymond  Search this

Schaeffer, Claude E.  Search this

Taylor, Colin F.  Search this

Creator:

Ewers, John C. (John Canfield), 1909-1997  Search this

Names:

National Museum of American History (U.S.)  Search this

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)  Search this

Smithsonian Institution  Search this

United States. National Park Service  Search this

Catlin, George, 1796-1872  Search this

Denig, Edwin Thompson, 1812-1858  Search this

Taylor, James E. (Artist)  Search this

Extent:

97 Linear feet

Culture:

Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)  Search this

Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this

Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this

Cree  Search this

Assiniboine (Stoney)  Search this

Kiowa  Search this

Indians of North America -- Subarctic  Search this

Niitsitapii (Blackfoot/Blackfeet)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1945-1993

Scope and Contents:

The John Canfield Ewers Papers document his wide ranging anthropological interests from early White depictions of Native Americans to the material culture of the Plains tribes through correspondence, exhibit catalogs, field notes, illustrations, lectures, maps, photocopies of archival materials, photographs, and writings. The collection includes materials relating to his numerous research projects and publications such as his books on plains sculpture and Jean Louis Berlandier as well as his field research among the Assiniboin and Blackfoot tribes. Ewers' career as an ethnologist based in a museum is amply documented through correspondence, exhibit plans and scripts, notes, and reports showcasing his work for the National Park Service and his fifty plus years at the Smithsonian. The voluminous correspondence file highlights his close collaboration with individuals such as Stu Conner, Hugh Dempsey, Claude Schaeffer, and Colin Taylor. Ewers' graduate studies and his family are featured in Series XI. One special category of materials in this collection is Series XIV, the card files. Ewers pulled information from his field notes and other sources, classified them, and typed or wrote them up on 3x5 or 5x7 inch index cards. He then organized these files alphabetically by subject within large categories such as "Collecting Alpha by Collectors Name" or "Fur Trade and Trade Goods." The card files include correspondence and photographs and closely relate to materials throughout the rest of the collection. Though Ewers' papers are primarily textual in nature, there are graphic materials throughout his files. Series XIII features the graphic materials that Ewers kept separate from his files such as the contents of his slide cabinets. There is overlap within this series as Ewers kept multiple copies of his slides in various locations. This series also includes audiotapes of conferences and symposia at which Ewers spoke and three scrapbooks. Of note are original pencil and ink drawings from his book, The Horse in Blackfoot Culture, in Series XV. Transcripts of oral history interviews with John Canfield Ewers are also available at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.

Arrangement note:

This collection was organized into 15 series - Correspondence, Research & Subject Files, Research Projects, Trips and Presentations, Artists of the Old West, North American Indian Art, Plains Sculpture Book, Berlandier Project, Smithsonian Institution, National Park Service, Personal, Writings by Ewers, Audiovisual Materials, Card Files, and Art Work.

Biographical/Historical note:

John Canfield Ewers (1909-1997) earned a B.A. from Dartmouth College in 1931 and an M.A. in Anthropology from Yale University in 1934. Ewers began his career in museums as a Field Curator for the National Park Service. He helped design exhibits at Vicksburg National Battlefield and Ocmulgee National Monument among others. In 1941, the Bureau of Indian Affairs hired Ewers to design and establish the Museum of the Plains Indian in Browning, Montana. After a short stint in the Navy during World War II, Ewers joined the Department of Anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution. He worked at the Smithsonian for over fifty years in numerous capacities including Director of the National Museum of History and Technology (now called the National Museum of American History). Ewers' research dealt with the Plains Indians and the Blackfoot tribe in particular. Ewers wrote several books on a wide variety of topics including White artists depictions of Native Americans, Plains Indian sculpture, and the horse in Blackfoot Indian culture.

Restrictions:

The John Canfield Ewers papers are open for research.

Rights:

Contact repository for terms of use.

Occupation:

Artists  Search this

Topic:

Ethnohistory  Search this

Carving  Search this

American Indians -- Plains  Search this

Artists -- United States -- West -- Biography  Search this

American Indians -- Clothing  Search this

American Indians -- arts and crafts  Search this

Museums -- History -- Exhibitions  Search this

Museums -- Collection management  Search this

Museum exhibits  Search this

Repatriation  Search this

Citation:

John Canfield Ewers papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.1998-35

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John Canfield Ewers Papers

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3a79ed527-de46-4681-a92d-bd23575f45f5

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-1998-35

Creator:

America's Reunion on the Mall Festival  Search this

Recorder:

Garcia, Sarah  Search this

Taylor, Lori Elaine  Search this

Artist:

Morgan, Vanessa Paukeigope, 1952-  Search this

Morgan, Seth Mopope  Search this

DeLorme, Bernadine, 1951-  Search this

McDonald, Marie A.  Search this

Jackson, Mary, 1945-  Search this

Performer:

Morgan, Vanessa Paukeigope, 1952-  Search this

Morgan, Seth Mopope  Search this

DeLorme, Bernadine, 1951-  Search this

McDonald, Marie A.  Search this

Jackson, Mary, 1945-  Search this

DeLorme, Norman, 1952-  Search this

Extent:

1 Sound cassette (analog.)

Culture:

Indians of North America  Search this

Americans  Search this

Kiowa Indians  Search this

Hawaiians  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Sound cassettes

Place:

United States

Washington (D.C.)

Oklahoma

Anadarko (Okla.)

South Carolina

Hawaii

Nevada

Reno (Nev.)

Charleston (S.C.)

Waimea (Kauai, Hawaii)

Track Information:

101 Kiowa Regalia Making / Seth Mopope Morgan, Vanessa Paukeigope Morgan.

102 Traditional Crafts and Natural Resources / Bernadine DeLorme, Marie A. McDonald, Mary Jackson, Norman DeLorme.

Local Numbers:

FP-1993-CT-0024

Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:

Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, January 17, 1993.

General:

tape 3/4

Restrictions:

Restrictions on access. Some duplication is allowed. Use of materials needs permission of the Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Oral history  Search this

Clothing and dress  Search this

Leather  Search this

Beads  Search this

Regalia (Insignia)  Search this

Lei making  Search this

Leis--Hawaii  Search this

Baskets  Search this

Seagrasses  Search this

Natural resources  Search this

Identifier:

CFCH.AVPR, Item FP-1993-CT-0024

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CFCH Audiovisual Projects

CFCH Audiovisual Projects / Audio Recordings / America's Reunion on the Mall Festival

Archival Repository:

Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk5ce0d3ab2-5525-43aa-b089-42d5bdbd4cb0

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-cfch-avpr-ref672

Creator:

Hough, Walter, 1859-1935  Search this

Collection Creator:

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Anthropology  Search this

Smithsonian Institution. Department of Anthropology  Search this

Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (leaf)

Container:

Box 26, Folder 381

Culture:

Nez Percé Indians  Search this

Indians of North America -- Plateau  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Works of art

Date:

undated

Local Numbers:

NAA INV.09033200

Local Note:

drawing

Collection Restrictions:

Some materials are restricted.

Access to the Department of Anthropology records requires an appointment.

Collection Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Genre/Form:

Works of art

Collection Citation:

Department of Anthropology Records, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Department of Anthropology records

Department of Anthropology records / Series 17: Division of Ethnology / 17.1: Manuscript and Pamphlet File / Indians—Northwest Coast

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw36fdfa4c6-ebae-4245-963c-5c8eb4482441

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-xxxx-0311-ref16028

Creator:

Harrington, John Peabody, 1884-1961  Search this

Collection Creator:

Harrington, John Peabody, 1884-1961  Search this

Extent:

16 Boxes

Culture:

Chimariko  Search this

Hupa  Search this

Indians of North America -- California  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Field notes

Vocabulary

Place:

California -- History

Date:

1921-1930

Scope and Contents:

This subseries of the Northern and Central California series contains Harrington's research on Chimariko and Hupa.

A large portion of the subseries consists of field notes on Chimariko vocabulary and sentences provided by Sally Noble. Much of the information was elicited from a reading of Roland Dixon's "The Chimarika Indians and Language," (1910) and includes anatomical terms, names for plants and animals, material culture vocabulary, tribenames, and placenames. A small number of Hupa lexical terms were also obtained, evidently with reference to the work of Pliny Earle Goddard "Athapascan (Hupa)" (1911). There is a mixture of ethnographic and biographical data provided by Noble and several nonlinguistic sources.

The subseries also contains Harrington's grammatical analysis of Chimariko. Many of these notes feature examples excerpted from the linguistic notes; the page numbers in brackets refer to numbered pages of the section of "original" field notes. There are also summaries of various grammatical principles in the form of charts. These sketches are followed by a short "general dictionary" of vocabulary and phrases.

As a supplement to his linguistic and grammatical notes, Harrington collected extensive textual material from Noble. Noble provided mythological texts; accounts of historical events, such as the Indian wars and encounters with whites; descriptions of an ethnological nature on various subjects, such as doctoring, tattooing, and hairdressing; and personal reminiscences. The texts were recorded in Chimariko and some have fairly detailed interlinear translations. In several instances, a synopsis in English has been filed with the text. Some notes from Martha Ziegler appear in this section.

There are also notes obtained by Harrington during his first meeting with Lucy Montgomery. Chimariko and some Hupa lexical terms were recorded for plant and animal names, age, sex, and relationship terms, material culture vocabulary, and numbers. At least a portion of the information was elicited through a rehearing of a word list furnished by C. Hart Merriam and another published by Roland B. Dixon. An unidentified publication (possibly by Parmenter) was utilized to prompt responses on bird names. Montgomery also commented on the names of several native objects that Harrington had recently collected in Karok territory.

The section on Chimariko vocabulary consists of notes presumably collected during Harrington's second stint of work with Montgomery. Harrington made frequent notes on the phonetics of Chimariko and included several Wintu equivalences, as well as scattered references of ethnographic, historical, or biographical interest.

Another section of notes obtained from Montgomery represent a fairly systematic rehearing of the linguistic data Harrington had collected from Sally Noble in 1921-1922.

The block of ethnographic notes were also obtained from Montgomery. The notes cover a wide variety of subjects: food preparation, the collection of firewood, doctoring, the medicinal use of plants, menstruation, child care, clothing, hairdressing, burial, and the manufacture and use of tools, implements, and baskets. A few pages also concern songs and vocabulary. In addition, information is provided on the Montgomery's relatives, the Round Valley Removal, and gold mining. Some data were obtained from Mrs. Ramazzena and I. N. Hamilton. A little ethnographic information pertinent to Coast Yurok was collected from Mrs. Frye.

There are also notes from an interview with Saxy Kidd. The notes consist in large part of ethnographic data from the New River and Trinity River areas. In addition, there is some plant and animal vocabulary. Most Hupa terms are given, with selected Chimariko equivalents.

Biographical / Historical:

John P. Harrington's study of Chimariko began when he spent between four and five months working with Sally Noble at her ranch on New River in Trinity County, California. Noble, a speaker of the "Trinity River" dialect of Chimariko, had previously worked with C. Hart Merriam, and joint work with her had been planned by the two anthropologists for the summer of 1921. Due to confusion concerning Harrington's whereabouts at the time the trip was scheduled, Merriam went to northern California alone in the summer. In early September, after Merriam had completed his own field work and had departed, Harrington arrived at the region, arranged to take meals with the neighboring Dailey family, and proceeded to work regularly with Noble. After amassing several thousand pages of notes, Harrington left Burnt Ranch in mid-to-Iate January 1922, intending to continue the work with Noble in May. He later learned that she had died some twenty days after his departure.

The data he gained from Noble were supplemented by a little linguistic information given by her half sister, Martha Ziegler. Nonlinguistic information was provided by Noble's son, Frank; the Daileys; Mr. and Mrs. Zack Bussell; and Mr. and Mrs. Jim Chesbro.

In the spring of 1926, during or just following his work on Wiyot and Karok, Harrington scheduled an initial interview with another Chimariko woman, Lucy Montgomery. A cousin of Sally Noble, Montgomery was then residing on the coast at Stone Lagoon. Although, by her own admission, she had stopped speaking Chimariko at age eleven, she did attempt to assist Harrington in compiling a basic vocabulary list.

Harrington's interest in Chimariko was renewed in April 1927 when he learned of Edward Sapir's efforts to locate native speakers for that language. In August and September of the same year he employed his long-time friend George W. Bayley to collect plant specimens and ethnobotanical data from Lucy Montgomery. Contact with her having been reestablished, Harrington joined Bayley in 1928 to pursue further linguistic work with her. It was on this occasion that they reheard the notes which he had obtained earlier from Noble. Montgomery's data are not highly reliable as she basically had only a passive knowledge of the language. A small section of ethnographic notes also appears to have been collected at this time.

Mrs. Zack Bussell evidently took Harrington to interview Saxy Kidd, who, according to reports, was said to speak quite a bit of Chimariko. Harrington had heard of Kidd from Sally Noble during his work in 1921-1922 and again from Edward Sapir in 1927. Sapir had discovered that what little Chimariko Kidd knew was "distorted by his Hupa phonetics." Harrington likewise obtained only a few Chimariko terms from him.

Local Numbers:

Accession #1976-95

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Field notes

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 2.10

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