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Aleut semaphore signals
American anthropologist • 43 • Published In 1941 • Pages: 422-427
By: Ransom, Jay Ellis.
Abstract
A short article describing a semaphore code devised by an Aleut in 1900 and now in use by the Aleuts. The author was a school teacher at Nikolski, Umnak Island.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2007
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Arctic and Subarctic
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Foreign Resident
- Document Rating
- 3: Good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent
- Analyst
- Leila S. Small ; 1950-1956
- Field Date
- 1936-1938
- Coverage Date
- 1900
- Coverage Place
- Umank Island, Alaska, United States
- Notes
- Jay Ellis Ransom
- This document consists of excerpts
- LCCN
- 17015424
- LCSH
- Aleuts