Hunt, George: To Boas. 1916 May 7

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TITLE INFORMATION
TitleHunt, George: To Boas. 1916 May 7
ASSOCIATED NAMES
recipientBoas, Franz, 1858-1942
creatorHunt, George
CONTENT DESCRIPTION
AbstractReceived letter of April 22. Has not received check yet of $125 for 375 pages, but glad it is coming. Not feeling well lately. Feeling age, having recently turned 62. Many tribes came to Alert Bay recently for potlatch and winter dance, which was not like those of old time Kwagu'ł winter dance, such as Boas got to see. "I see some white men came to get old stories from the Indians and you know yourself by looking into the writers books that the stories in them is taken from four or five stories to make one story and it is what I call patched up story as also I see lots of paintings that only made up for sale." Describes several "true history paintings" in the manner of house front paintings demonstrating histories of important figures and mythical creatures. Assents to having his name on the book to be published. Sending "one of my 'pExEla' or doctor songs." "This is the first I gave away of this kind."
LanguageEnglish language (eng)
Subject (lcsh) Kwakwaka'wakw
Subject (lcsh) Kwakiutl Indians
Subject (lcsh) Kwagu'ł
Subject (lcsh) Gwawa'enuxw
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
TypeText
GenreCorrespondence
Formatelectronic resource
Extent3p
Digital Originreformatted digital
Reformatting Qualitypreservation
ORIGIN INFORMATION
Date Issued1916 May 7
PARENT COLLECTION
TitleFranz Boas Papers
Call NumberMss.B.B61
URLhttp://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B61-ead.xml
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