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oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:10155

Metadata
Title:Tunica materials, Frank G. Speck Papers
Contributor:Siebert, Frank T. (Frank Thomas), 1912-1998
Neitzel, Robert S.
Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950
Date:1940
Description: Materials relating to Speck's interest in Tunica language, history, and culture. Letters and notes from Robert Stuart Neitzel comprise the bulk of this assemblage, and include a two-page report about Tunica tanning of deer hides, together with a one-page letter of transmission and a two-page drawing; 28 pages on Tunica dances, including the green corn ceremony, along with letters about concerning field work among the Tunica and Caddo archaeology with a sketch of the digging; and 16 pages of miscellaneous notes, sketches, and correspondence on topics such as archaeology at Marksville, Louisiana (with sketches), Tunica museum specimens, phonetic transcriptions of dance names, a sketch of a Tunica scraper and hide drying frame, traps (with a sketch), Tunica tools, etc. There is also a letter to Speck from Frank Siebert concerning the linguistic field work of Mary Haas and publication of Speck's Penobscot texts.
Extent:4 folders
Identifier:https://indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org/entry/10155
Language:English
Language (ISO639):eng
Spatial Coverage:Marksville
Subject:Tunica
Caddo
Penobscot
Anthropology
Ethnography
Archaeology
Hunting
Social life and customs
Dance
Linguistics
Specimens
Tanning
Rites and ceremonies
Material culture
Type:Correspondence
Notes
Reports
Sketches
Type (DCMI):Text
Type (OLAC):primary_text

OLAC Info

Archive:  Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society
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OaiIdentifier:  oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:10155
DateStamp:  2020-03-02
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Citation: Siebert, Frank T. (Frank Thomas), 1912-1998; Neitzel, Robert S.; Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950. 1940. Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society.
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