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Date:1928, 1936, 1943
Contributor:West Long, Will, 1870-1947 | Witthoft, John
Subject:Carving | Dance | Health | Medicine | Rites and ceremonies | North Carolina--History
Type:Text
Extent:2 notebooks
Description: Part of the papers of Will West Long, Big Cove, Qualla Reservation, North Carolina, in hand of Long, Morgan Calhoun, Lawyer Calhoun, etc.; also pages in English relating to Indian masks and Indians and Snake Battle. List of dancers, 1936. This material is restricted due to cultural sensitivity.
Collection:Cherokee medicinal and magical texts (Mss.497.3.C425)
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Language:English
Date:1952-1953
Contributor:Barbeau, Marius, 1883-1969 | Beynon, William, 1888-1958
Subject:British Columbia--History | Carving | Ethnography | Medicine | Material culture
Type:Text
Extent:1 volume
Description: A work intended as a sequel to Barbeau (1953) Haida myths. In addition to discussing Skidegate and Masset carvers and their work, the author presents material on carvers as medicine men, material on shamanism and witchcraft, classification of the subjects of statuettes (chiefs and illustration of myths). An appendix includes myths recorded by William Beynon among the Skidegate, Tsimshian, and Nisga'a, from 1952-1954.
Collection:Haida carvers in argillite (Mss.970.6.B23h)