Hunt, George: From Boas. 1920 Mar. 10

Received pages 1718-1730. Asks follow-up questions about name-keepers. Also glad to have received information on Sparrow Society. Asks additional questions about it. Would like to identify plant known as qot!xole. Asks Hunt to send plant and seeds. Asks if the Kwakiutl, like the Tsimshian and Haida...

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Main Author: Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
Other Authors: Hunt, George (recipient)
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1920
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Online Access:https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/text%3A65779
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Summary:Received pages 1718-1730. Asks follow-up questions about name-keepers. Also glad to have received information on Sparrow Society. Asks additional questions about it. Would like to identify plant known as qot!xole. Asks Hunt to send plant and seeds. Asks if the Kwakiutl, like the Tsimshian and Haida (according to Boas), raised and used tobacco before Europeans came. Notes that there is a pipe bowl among the items Hunt collected.