George Hunt Kwak'wala ethnographic manuscripts, 1890s-1930s

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Volume 10



Volume 10a(1) Volume 10a, No. 1, 1920-1923

Manuscripts in library case, 373 pages.

This Volume contains dreams and instructional tales.

Note on Numerations: There are three numerations present throughout the Volume. Numeration 1 is the continuous manuscript page number, written in (blue) pencil in the top margin. Numeration 2 is the publication reference (CVIII), written in pencil (red) or ink (red), in the top margin of the page. Numeration 3 is presumably Hunt's pagination related to individual stories, i.e. they begin at page 1 several times over. Made in pencil.

Content from this Volume was published in Boas, F. (Ed.) 1925. Contributions to the Ethnology of the Kwakiutl. Columbia University Contributions to Anthropology, Vol.III. New York: Columbia University Press. Shorthand to reference publication: CVIII



Volume 10a(2) Volume 10a, No. 2, 1923-1924

Manuscripts in library case, 137 pages.

This Volume contains mainly instructional tales.

Note on Numerations: There are three numerations present throughout the Volume. Numeration 1 is the continuous manuscript page number, written in (blue) pencil in the top margin. Numeration 2 is the publication reference (CVIII), written in pencil (red, green) or ink (red), in the top margin of the page. Numeration 3 is presumably Hunt's pagination related to individual stories, i.e. they begin at page 1 several times over. Made in pencil.

Content from this Volume was published in Boas, F. (Ed.) 1925. Contributions to the Ethnology of the Kwakiutl. Columbia University Contributions to Anthropology, Vol.III. New York: Columbia University Press. Shorthand to reference publication: CVIII



Volume 10b Volume 10b (Contributions to the ethnology of the Kwakiutl, 1925)

Printed book with Boas annotations, 360 pages.

This book is the printed version of manuscripts from Volumes 10a_1 and 10a_2.