OLAC Record oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:9960

Metadata
Title:		Quechua materials, Samuel George Morton Papers
Contributor:		Rodgers, J. Kearny (John Kearny), 1793-1851
		Couthouy, Joseph Pitty, 1808-1864
		Wood, S.
		Combe, George, 1788-1858
		Cooper, William, 1798?-1864
		Vargas, José María, 1786-1854
		Pentland, Joseph Barclay, 1797-1873
Date:		1837-1840
Description:		Correspondence regarding Morton's efforts to rob graves and collect Indigenous ancestors' remains from Peru and elsewhere. Topics include skulls, mummies, and artifacts from Peru; analysis of skull shapes and features; Morton's Crania Americana (1839), particularly Combe's thoughts on his review copy of the manuscript and an anti-phrenological review published by Dr. Forbes; the Phrenological Society and New York Lyceum as sources of skulls to examine.
Extent:		10 items
Identifier:		https://indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org/entry/9960
Language:		English
Language (ISO639):		eng
Subject:		Quechua
		Dakota
		Grave robbing
		Human remains
		Skulls
		Phrenology
		Anthropometry
		Peru--History
Type:		Correspondence
		Notes
Type (DCMI):		Text
OLAC Info
Archive:		Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society
Description:		http://www.language-archives.org/archive/indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org
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OaiIdentifier:		oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:9960
DateStamp:		2020-03-02
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Search Info
Citation:		Rodgers, J. Kearny (John Kearny), 1793-1851; Couthouy, Joseph Pitty, 1808-1864; Wood, S.; Combe, George, 1788-1858; Cooper, William, 1798?-1864; Vargas, José María, 1786-1854; Pentland, Joseph Barclay, 1797-1873. 1837-1840. Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society.
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