Kwakwaka'wakw material, Field notebooks and anthropometric data

Culture:
Tłatłasikwala
Namgis includes: Nimkish, Nimpkish
Kwakwaka'wakw includes: Kwakiutl
Lekwiltok
Mamalilikala
Ławitsis
Gwatsinuxw includes: Quatsino
Gusgimukw includes: Koskimo
Language: English | German | Kwak'wala
Date: 1886, 1888, 1889
Contributor: Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
Subject: British Columbia--History | Ethnography | Linguistics
Type: Text
Genre: Diaries | Notebooks | Shorthand | Vocabularies
Extent: 5 notebooks
Description: The Kwakwaka'wakw materials in the Boas Field Notebooks and Anthropometric Data collection consist of varied linguistic or ethnographic notes, some in German shorthand, located within Field notes 1886 #1, Field notes 1886 #2, Field notes 1886 #3, Field notes 1888 #1, and Field notes 1889 #2. These include Boas's earliest field notes visiting Kwakwaka'wakw communities such as Newettee (Nahwitti), Fort Rupert, and Alert Bay.
Collection: Franz Boas early field notebooks and anthropometric data Mss.B.B61.5