Hunt, George: To Boas. 1916 May 7
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TITLE INFORMATION | |||
Title | Hunt, George: To Boas. 1916 May 7 | ||
ASSOCIATED NAMES | |||
recipient | Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 | ||
creator | Hunt, George | ||
CONTENT DESCRIPTION | |||
Abstract | Received 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." | ||
Language | English language (eng) | ||
Subject (lcsh) | Kwakwaka'wakw | ||
Subject (lcsh) | Kwakiutl Indians | ||
Subject (lcsh) | Kwagu'ł | ||
Subject (lcsh) | Gwawa'enuxw | ||
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |||
Type | Text | ||
Genre | Correspondence | ||
Format | electronic resource | ||
Extent | 3p | ||
Digital Origin | reformatted digital | ||
Reformatting Quality | preservation | ||
ORIGIN INFORMATION | |||
Date Issued | 1916 May 7 | ||
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 | ||
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