MS 4589 Facsimiles of Ojibwe mide charts
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 4589

NAA INV 08592500

NAA INV 08592600

NAA INV 08592700
place: label: Place
content: North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Midéwiwin
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The provenance of the collection is unknown.  The facsimiles are labelled "Property of Herbert M. Temple, St. Paul, Minnesota" on the verso.  They were presumably received from him, but no accession information is available.
culture: label: Culture
content: Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Photomechanical prints (26.75 x 17.5 inches; 41 x 18 inches)
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
container: label: Container
content: Folder 4589
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS4589
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Graphic Materials
label: Type
content: Photomechanical prints
label: Type
content: Works of art
label: Type
content: Facsimiles (reproductions)
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Negatives of the charts are available in the Bureau of American Ethnology Negatives (Photo Lot 176), numbers 516-b-1--8.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Works of art
label: Genre/Form
content: facsimiles (reproductions)
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of three (3) photomechanical reproductions of Ojibwe mide charts.  There is no information about the charts from which these copies were made.

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