Fortieth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1918-1919
by MICHELSON, Truman
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About This Item
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1925. Cloth. Good. [8], 664 p. 30 cm. 2 b&w plates and 2 figures. Green cloth hardcover with gold impressing. White spots on front cover. Gilt lettering faded on spine with a little wear on rear hinge and creases in lower spine. Inside clean and neat.
Contains: The mythical origin of the White Buffalo Dance of the Fox Indians; The autobiography of a Fox Indian woman; Notes on Fox mortuary customs and beliefs; Notes on the Fox society known as "Those who worship the Little Spotted Buffalo;" the traditional origin of the Fox society known as "The singing around rite" (all by Truman Michelson).
Contains: The mythical origin of the White Buffalo Dance of the Fox Indians; The autobiography of a Fox Indian woman; Notes on Fox mortuary customs and beliefs; Notes on the Fox society known as "Those who worship the Little Spotted Buffalo;" the traditional origin of the Fox society known as "The singing around rite" (all by Truman Michelson).
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- Bookseller
- Attic Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 110986
- Title
- Fortieth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1918-1919
- Author
- MICHELSON, Truman
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Government Printing Office
- Place of Publication
- Washington DC
- Date Published
- 1925
- Keywords
- Anthropology, Ethnology, White Buffalo Dance, Fox Indians, Mortuary customs, Truman Michelson, NA Native, Aboriginal, First nations, Mythology, Folklore
- Bookseller catalogs
- Indigenous Peoples;
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