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[AMERICAN INDIAN]. MASON, Otis Tufton. A group of 7 ethnolo...

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[AMERICAN INDIAN]. MASON, Otis Tufton. A group of 7 ethnological reports. [Washington, D.C.], 1890-1903. Seven studies by Tufton, extracted from Smithsonian and U.S. National Museum reports. Illustrated with numerous text illustrations and plates, some from photographs, of Native American tools, weavings, canoes, shoes, arrows, bows, etc. Modern paper wrappers. Comprising: Progress of Anthropology in 1890, pp. 527-608. ? North American Bows, Arrows, and Quivers (1893), pp. 631-79 + plates (37-94). ? Primitive Travel and Transportation (1896), pp. 237-593 + plates. ? Influence of Environment upon Human Industries or Arts (1896), pp. 639-65. ? Pointed Bark Canoes of the Kutenai and Amur (1901), pp. 523-37 + 5 plates. ? Aboriginal American Harpoons: A Study on Ethnic Distribution and Invention (1902), pp. 191-304 + plates. ? A Primitive Frame for Weaving Arrow Fabrics (1899), 485-510 + 9 plates.