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Catalogs and advertisements for Indian traders

 Collection — Huntington box 27a - folder 1
Identifier: 9190
Scope and content Collection of catalogs, auction listings, and brochures for Indian curios. Some of the catalogs list prices for items including jewelry, blankets, clothing, baskets, and pottery. Some of the shops appear to have specialized in excavated items, while others contracted with tribes and reservations to have items made for their shops. Auction catalogs list items from estates of Indian collectors. Collection has a focus on Navajo textiles, but includes information on other items from Alaska to...
Dates: [ca.1900].

Eskimo syllabics and dictionary

 Collection — Huntington box 39b - folder 1
Identifier: 9076
Scope and content

Handwritten Hudson Bay Eskimo dictionary. Dictionary also has a note on it saying Baffin Island and Harrison Region, July 25, 1955. Manuscript shows the Eskimo alphabet symbols and then has a list of common words in the Eskimo language, Eskimo syllabics and their English translation.

Dates: undated.

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Cliff-dwellers. 1
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