Wampum.
Subject
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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].
Notes on the Indians of North America
Collection — Huntington box 9 - folder 1
Identifier: 9235
Scope and content
Typed notes by Eaton on the North American Indians with some handwritten notes, ca. 1900. Writings include, Indians of North America, 12 pages; Origins, Migration, Mounds, 27 pages; Kin-ship and Governments, 16 pages; Houses and Customs, 27 pages; Primitive Art, 19 pages; Mythology and Religion, 22 pages; Wampum, 9 pages.
Dates:
undated.