Letter to Otis Tufton Mason
name: label: Creator
content: McIlhenny, E. A.
label: Names
content: Luscomb, C. R.
label: Addressee
content: Mason, Otis Tufton, 1838-1908
label: Collection Creator
content: National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Anthropology
label: Collection Creator
content: Smithsonian Institution. Department of Anthropology
label: Collection Creator
content: Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology
topic: label: Topic
content: Museum model -- house -- Attacapa
label: Topic
content: Habitations -- Attacapa
creator: label: Creator
content: McIlhenny, E. A.
culture: label: Culture
content: Attacapa -- Habitations
setName: label: See more items in
content: Department of Anthropology records
label: See more items in
content: Department of Anthropology records / Series 17: Division of Ethnology / 17.1: Manuscript and Pamphlet File / Habitations
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 6 Pages
unitdate: label: Date
content: September 22, 1896
container: label: Container
content: Box 20, Folder 268
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The letter describes house building among the Atakapa of Grand Lake, Louisiana. Attached are notes concerning the construction of a model based by C. R. Luscombe on McIlhenny's information.