Collection Manuscript/Mixed Material Naxi pictographic manuscripts. NZA, Sacrifices to Heaven = Naxi Zu xiang xing wen jing dian. NZA, Ji tian Naxi pictographic manuscripts. 納西族象形文經典 / Naxi Zu xiang xing wen jing dian / Sacrifices to Heaven

Title

• Naxi pictographic manuscripts. NZA, Sacrifices to Heaven = Naxi Zu xiang xing wen jing dian. NZA, Ji tian

Other Title

• Naxi pictographic manuscripts. 納西族象形文經典
• Naxi Zu xiang xing wen jing dian
• Sacrifices to Heaven

Names

• Rock, Joseph F. (Joseph Francis), 1884-1962, donor
• Roosevelt, Quentin, 1919-1948, donor
• Naxi Collection (Library of Congress)
• Library of Congress. Asian Division

Created / Published

• [Yunnan sheng : 1500?-1934]

Headings

• -  Shamanism--China--Yunnan Sheng--Rituals--Texts
• -  Manuscripts, Naxi--Washington (D.C.)

Notes

• -  All manuscripts are in Naxi, written by Naxi priests.
• -  Two acquisitions: 1689 manuscripts from Joseph Rock between 1924 and 1945; 1073 manuscipts from Quentin Roosevelt in 1941; one gift collection of 2 manuscripts from Chris Ringwalt in 2001.
• -  Scholar Collector Joseph Rock, botanist and linguist, went on National Geographic Society expeditions in 1930's.
• -  A detailed finding aid is available, prepared by Zhu Baotian with annotations, and a partial translation, in Chinese.

Medium

• 160 manuscripts ; 31 X 10 cm. on average

Call Number/Physical Location

• CLC Naxi Collection Chinese Cage

Source Collection

• Naxi pictographic manuscripts

Repository

• Library of Congress Asian Division Washington, D.C. U.S.A. 20540 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.asian/asian.home

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.asian/asnaxi.nza079

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2020749479

Access Advisory

• Restricted; Material extremly fragile; Access by appointment only.

Online Format

• pdf
• image

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2020749479

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