<mods version='3.3' xmlns='http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3'> <titleInfo> <nonSort> The </nonSort> <title> Isaac Cowie collection of Plains Cree material culture from Central Alberta </title> </titleInfo> <name type='personal'> <namePart> VanStone, James W. </namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority='marcrelator' type='text'> creator </roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type='corporate'> <namePart> Field Museum of Natural History </namePart> </name> <typeOfResource> text </typeOfResource> <genre authority='marcgt'> bibliography </genre> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type='code' authority='marccountry'> ilu </placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type='text'> Chicago, Ill </placeTerm> </place> <publisher> Field Museum of Natural History </publisher> <dateIssued> 1991 </dateIssued> <issuance> monographic </issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority='iso639-2b' type='code'> eng </languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <form authority='marcform'> print </form> <extent> iii, 56 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. </extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract> The collections of the Field Museum of Natural History contain 110 ethnographic objects collected among the Plains Cree of central Alberta in 1892 for the World's Columbian Exposition by Isaac Cowie, a retired Hudson's Bay Company trader living in Edmonton. The artifacts in this collection are described and illustrated. For comparative purposes, information is included from previous studies of the Plains Cree, notably those of Mandelbaum (1940, 1979). </abstract> <note type='statement of responsibility'> James W. VanStone. </note> <note> "Accepted April 3, 1991; published September 30, 1991." </note> <note> Includes bibliographical references (p. 17-18). </note> <note> 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-). </note> <subject> <geographicCode authority='marcgac'> n-cn-ab </geographicCode> <geographicCode authority='marcgac'> n-us-il </geographicCode> </subject> <subject authority='lcsh'> <name type='personal'> <namePart> Cowie, Isaac </namePart> </name> <topic> Ethnological collections </topic> <topic> Catalogs </topic> </subject> <subject authority='lcsh'> <name type='corporate'> <namePart> Field Museum of Natural History </namePart> </name> <topic> Catalogs </topic> </subject> <subject authority='lcsh'> <topic> Cree Indians </topic> <topic> Material culture </topic> <topic> Catalogs and collections </topic> </subject> <subject authority='lcsh'> <topic> Indians of North America </topic> <geographic> Alberta </geographic> <topic> Material culture </topic> <topic> Catalogs and collections </topic> </subject> <relatedItem type='series'> <titleInfo> <title> Fieldiana. new ser., no. 17 </title> <partName> Anthropology </partName> </titleInfo> </relatedItem> <relatedItem type='series'> <titleInfo> <title> Publication (Field Museum of Natural History) ; 1427 </title> </titleInfo> </relatedItem> <recordInfo> <descriptionStandard> aacr2 </descriptionStandard> <recordContentSource authority='marcorg'> IBT </recordContentSource> <recordCreationDate encoding='marc'> 911023 </recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding='iso8601'> 20071012104834.0 </recordChangeDate> <recordIdentifier> 3442837 </recordIdentifier> </recordInfo> </mods>