MS 2640 Fox text and translation that accompanied a wooden figure collected by Truman Michelson
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 2640
label: Local Note
content: Title updated from "Ethnology" 3/27/2014.
name: label: Collector
content: Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
topic: label: Topic
content: Medicine
label: Topic
content: Fox language
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content: Language and languages -- Documentation
label: Topic
content: Meskwaki; Sauk & Fox
label: Topic
content: Indians of North America -- Northeast
creator: label: Collector
content: Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
culture: label: Culture
content: Fox
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 33 Pages
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS2640
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
label: Type
content: Folklore
label: Type
content: Narratives
label: Type
content: Manuscripts
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Digital surrogates are available online.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Folklore
label: Genre/Form
content: Narratives
label: Genre/Form
content: Manuscripts
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Handwritten text by an unidentified writer in Meskwaki(Fox) syllabary with an English translation. Titled "The man who was blessed by a manitou by giving him a manitou wooden figure," the text and translation originally accompanied a wooden doll purchased from Mrs. Paquene (according to Ives Goddard, Mrs. Buck Green). These were collected by Truman Michelson in Tama, Iowa.
relatedmaterial: label: Other Archival Materials
content: The wooden figurine is at the National Museum of American Indian.