OLAC Record oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:9951

Metadata
Title:		Chinook materials, Samuel George Morton Papers
Contributor:		Warren, John Collins, 1778-1856
		Townsend, John Kirk, 1809-1851
Date:		1835; 1837
Description:		Letters discussing grave robbing of Indigenous ancestors' remains. Letter from John Warren Collins including a list of American Indian skulls in his collection: Chinook, Mound Builder, and Algonquian. Has cast of Guanche skull from Canary Islands. Letter from John Kirk Townsend regarding a trunk full of remains he sent, including a few skulls, one of which is Klickitat; explains that with many falling to disease it is easier to take remains. In a postscript, he describes at length the manner of compressing the skull. Emphasizes that while some normal heads are seen, those individuals never attain any power or influence. His Chinook specimen was that of a chief.
Extent:		2 items
Identifier:		https://indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org/entry/9951
Language:		English
Language (ISO639):		eng
Spatial Coverage:		Canary Islands
Subject:		Chinook
		Guanche
		Klickitat
		Grave robbing
		Human remains
		Phrenology
		Mounds
		Anthropometry
Type:		Correspondence
Type (DCMI):		Text
OLAC Info
Archive:		Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society
Description:		http://www.language-archives.org/archive/indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org
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OaiIdentifier:		oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:9951
DateStamp:		2020-03-02
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Search Info
Citation:		Warren, John Collins, 1778-1856; Townsend, John Kirk, 1809-1851. 1835; 1837. Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society.
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