The Cherry collection of Deg Hit'an (Ingalik) material culture / Fieldiana, Anthropology, new series, no.27

• Main Authors: VanStone, James W., Field Museum of Natural History.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Chicago, Ill. : Field Museum of Natural History 1996
• Subjects: Cherry; Marcus O.; Field Museum of Natural History; Ingalik Indians; Indians of North America; Deg hit'an; Ingalik; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10111/UIUCOCA:cherrycollection27vans; http://www.archive.org/details/cherrycollection27vans

The collections of the Field Museum of Natural History contain 128 ethnographic objects collected among the Deg Hit'an (Ingalik) Indians at Anvik, Alaska, in 1890-1892. Marcus O. Cherry assembled the collection for the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893. The artifacts in this collection are described and illustrated. For comparative purposes, information is included from a previous study of Deg Hit'an material culture by Cornelius Osgood (1940) and from other relevant sources. Includes bibliographical references (p. 21-23). The collections of the Field Museum of Natural History contain 128 ethnographic objects collected among the Deg Hit'an (Ingalik) Indians at Anvik, Alaska, in 1890-1892. Marcus O. Cherry assembled the collection for the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893. The artifacts in this collection are described and illustrated. For comparative purposes, information is included from a previous study of Deg Hit'an material culture by Cornelius Osgood (1940) and from other relevant sources. Fieldiana series has been published as Anthropological Series by Field Columbian Museum (1895-1909) and Field Museum of Natural History (1909-1943), and as Fieldiana: Anthropology by Chicago Natural History Museum (1945-1966) and Field Museum of Natural History (1966-).