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Object Number
41-72-10/100243.1.26.3.2
Display Title
Note from Densmore to Bushnell with drawings of of the Anishinaabe doodem (clan) system
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on card: "Mr. Bushnell: My trip this summer did not discern(?) many totems but I send the result. I wish you might have seen the Indians themselves. They did not look at all like these sketches of their supposed ancestors. Sincerely, Frances Densmore. Red Wing, Minn. Aug 6th." Cards collected by Frances Densmore. Part of David I Bushnell, Jr. collection.
Department
Archival, Paper
Date
1908
Culture
- Anishinaabe
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Materials
Graphite on Paperboard
Dimensions
Overall: 8.89 × 13.335 cm (3 1/2 × 5 1/4 in.)
Provenance
Collector
Frances Densmore
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