Hunt, George: To Boas. 1900 Jan. 9
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| TITLE INFORMATION | |||
| Title | Hunt, George: To Boas. 1900 Jan. 9 | ||
| ASSOCIATED NAMES | |||
| recipient | Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 | ||
| creator | Hunt, George | ||
| CONTENT DESCRIPTION | |||
| Abstract | Received letter of December 22. Sending final 80 pages of Tsekamis story and 15 pages of Gopinux tribe story of Galaxalisama and his masks. Regarding request to record information on medicine such as those for killing, states that these will be very difficult to obtain as this is "the greatest secret of all." Bought two photographs of Ḵwikwa̱sutinuxw̱ chief Tsekami, who belongs to Tisamgit family. In one photo, he and his wife are sitting on pole where a kulus or thunderbird landed. Another with sisayuL canoe. Hunt gives detailed description of both photos and importance of what they depict and connection to story sent. Asked around about kite of Nootka Indians, but no one had heard of such a thing. A man came by selling gramophones costing $25 for one with 5 cylinders included. Hunt's wife asks if Boas can procure one, which they will pay him for. Hunt suggests the device could be used to record speeches or songs. | ||
| Language | English language (eng) | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Kwakwaka'wakw | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Kwakiutl Indians | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Kwikwasutinuxw | ||
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |||
| Type | Text | ||
| Genre | Correspondence | ||
| Format | electronic resource | ||
| Extent | 2p | ||
| Digital Origin | reformatted digital | ||
| Reformatting Quality | preservation | ||
| ORIGIN INFORMATION | |||
| Date Issued | 1900 Jan. 9 | ||
| PARENT COLLECTION | |||
| Title | Franz Boas Papers | ||
| Call Number | Mss.B.B61 | ||
| URL | http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B61-ead.xml | ||
| ACCESS INFORMATION | |||
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