MS 685 Nez Perce vocabulary and ethnographic notes in Powell's Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 685
name: label: Collector
content: Williams, Lewis D.
topic: label: Topic
content: Fishing -- Nez Perce
label: Topic
content: Sweat houses -- Nez Perce
label: Topic
content: Wigwams -- Nez Perce
label: Topic
content: Language and languages -- Documentation
creator: label: Collector
content: Williams, Lewis D.
culture: label: Culture
content: Niimíipuu (Nez Perce)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 136 Pages
unitdate: label: Date
content: July, 14, 1896
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Previously titled "Vocabulary."
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS685
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Negative Microfilm # 35.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: In schedule of John Wesley Powell's Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages, partly filled. Contains 841 terms. Includes notes on construction of sweat houses; celebration which accompanies the meeting of friendly tribes; construction of wigwams and each individuals place within the structure; (Nez Perce believe the "sweat house" confers mystic powers upon them; arrow shaft straightener not used- they use teeth for that purpose; fish hooks described, and spearing of fish; fish baskets not used- the fish being carried on a twig; standards of value not classifiable among the Nez Perce.