Ewers, John C. (John Canfield), 1909-1997
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Assiniboin antelope-horn headdressesarticle 1982
- Summary
- John Canfield Ewers was an American ethnologist and museum curator. Known for his studies on the art and history of the American Plains Indians, he was described by The New York Times as one of his country's "foremost interpreters of American Indian culture." Wikipedia
- Gender or Sex
- Male [1][3][4]
- Unknown [2]
- Born
- 1909-07-21 [2]
- Birth Place
- Cleveland, Ohio [2]
- Cleveland [4]
- Died
- 1997-05-07 [2]
- Death Place
- Arlington, Va. [2]
- Arlington County [4]
- Country
- United States [2]
- Language
- English [3]
- Occupation
- ethnologist [4]
- Employer
- Smithsonian Institution [4]
- National Museum of American History [4]
- Educated at
- Dartmouth College [4]
- Yale University [4]
- Country of Education
- United States [4]
- Sources
- 1. VIAF
- 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France
- 4. Wikidata
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