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MS 1135 Three Mohave vocabularies

National Museum of Natural History

Object Details

Local Numbers
NAA MS 1135
Local Note
Manuscript document
Creator
Mowry, Sylvester, 1830-1871
Heintzelman, Samuel Peter, 1805-1880
Gibbs, George, 1815-1873
Informant
Oatman, Olive Ann
Topic
Language and languages -- Documentation
Creator
Mowry, Sylvester, 1830-1871
Heintzelman, Samuel Peter, 1805-1880
Gibbs, George, 1815-1873
Informant
Oatman, Olive Ann
Culture
Mojave (Mohave)
Indians of North America -- Southwest, New
Extent
37 Pages
Date
undated
Archival Repository
National Anthropological Archives
Identifier
NAA.MS1135
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Citation
Manuscript 1135, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Scope and Contents
Contents: 1. Ham-mock-ha-vi [vocabulary], by Major Heintzelman. No date. 6 pages. 2. Mohave [vocabulary], by Lt. Mowry. No date. 6 pages. Recorded in Comparative Vocabulary. Copied by George Gibbs. Informant: Olive Catman, a five year captive of the Mohave. 3. Comparative vocabulary of Mohave and Humokhavi. No date. 13 pages. Recorded in Department of Interior Comparative Vocabulary. Copied by Gibbs. Mohave contents from Manuscripts 819-a and 1042.
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Record ID
ebl-1538079611394-1538079611396-0
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3f2add729-134f-41bb-87d8-397fa9bb47a7
MS 1135 Three Mohave vocabularies
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