Poisons, Darts, and Arrows
name: 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
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content: Department of Anthropology records
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content: Department of Anthropology records / Series 17: Division of Ethnology / 17.1: Manuscript and Pamphlet File
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content: (1 of 2)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1892-1901
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content: 1915
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content: Box 72
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
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content: Archival materials
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content: Includes L. W. Moxson to Thomas Wilson, 1/4/94, re cause of revolution of arrows; George Williams on to Wilson, 7/25/92, re arrows he collected; Thomas Wilson, "A History of Arrow Poison in Various Parts of the World," 1901; M. B. Yuston to Smithsonian Institution, 11/18/15, re use of frogs for poison on headwaters of Atrato River; W. J. Hoffman, "Poisoned Weapons Used by the Indians of North and South America"; notes, illustrations, and printed material; and letters to Thomas Wilson re poisons from Edgar A. Mearns, 12/12/01, re Apache (negative reply to inquiry); _____Saville (American Museum of Natural History)  12/31/01 on Herrera; James M. Flint, 11/11/01, negative reply to inquiry; William J. McGee, 10/25/01 re Peru and Seri; Albert S. Gatschet, 10/7/01 re Baja California; George A. Dorsey, 10/12/01, re North American Indians (negative reply to inquiry) and visit by McCurdy; Franz Boas, 10/9/01, negative reply to inquiry; Washington Mathews, n.d., re Navaho and Zuni, negative reply to inquiry; Harlan I. Smith, 10/16/01, re Thompson Indians and news of American Museum of Natural History.