The Memoirs of the Museum of Natural History Publications of the Jesup North Pacific Expedition.: IV.- The Thompson Indians of British Columbia

IV.- The Thompson Indians of British Columbia. By James Teit. Edited by Franz Boas. Part of the Memoirs of the Museum of Natural History Publications of the Jesup North Pacific Expedition. January 1902This volume contains pages 163-391. Map, Plates XIV-XIXContents: Editor's Note; Introduction, Historical and Geological; Manufactures; House and Household; Clothing and Ornaments; Subsistence; Travel and Transportation; Warfare; Games and Pastimes; Sign Language; Social Organizations and Festivals; Birth, Childhood, Puberty, Marriage and Death; Religion; Medicine, Charms and Current Beliefs; Art; Conclusion. Errata slip laid in.Filled with drawings by Franz Boas, this volume is one of more than 30 publications resulting from the Jesup North Pacific Expedition , a major anthropological expedition to Siberia, Alaska, and the northwest coast of Canada. The purpose of the expedition was to investigate the relationships between the peoples at each side of the Bering Strait. The expedition was sponsored by Morris Jesup and planned and directed by Franz Boas. Condition: Lacking the paper covers. Lacking the last two plates. The explanations of the plates are present. Contents page is chipped and torn. Light chipping to the edges of the first few, and last few pages. Chipping to the explanations of plates. Dust soiling and age toning to first and last pages. See photos genfc24E