Hunt, George: To Boas. 1916 Dec. 22
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| TITLE INFORMATION | |||
| Title | Hunt, George: To Boas. 1916 Dec. 22 | ||
| ASSOCIATED NAMES | |||
| recipient | Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 | ||
| creator | Hunt, George | ||
| CONTENT DESCRIPTION | |||
| Abstract | Received letter of November 29. Will send more samples of plants in the spring. Gives plant names. Sending 14 pages of wailing of 'Nak'waxda'xw woman named L!aL!akoł, and 3 pages of love songs, one of them Da̱ʼnaxdaʼxw. Will write down more love songs and more information on pExEla, utilizing 'Nak'waxda'xw wife's knowledge of pExEla spirits, songs, and names. Still working on question from a few weeks earlier regarding a deer with no teeth. Old men he talked to about it do not use many of the words. Needs the question to be reworded. | ||
| Language | English language (eng) | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Kwakwaka'wakw | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Kwakiutl Indians | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Da'naxda'xw | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Nak'waxda'xw | ||
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |||
| Type | Text | ||
| Genre | Correspondence | ||
| Format | electronic resource | ||
| Extent | 2p | ||
| Digital Origin | reformatted digital | ||
| Reformatting Quality | preservation | ||
| ORIGIN INFORMATION | |||
| Date Issued | 1916 Dec. 22 | ||
| 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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