Author: Jesse Walter Fewkes Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780365518068 Category : Crafts & Hobbies Languages : en Pages : 36
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Excerpt from Dolls of the Tusayan Indians I have already elsewhere (the American Anthropologist, Jan. 1892) considered the simplest means used by these people in the expression of symbolism, that of their pioto graphs or rock etchings. In a natural sequence of subjects it might have been better to have followed this with an account of the symbolism expressed by them in the decoration of tiles, pottery, basket-ware and other productions, but at present this is not possible. In the glyptic art the tusayan-indians have a much more complicated means of expression and as a consequence their work of this kind is more elaborate and artistic. A oommen surate description of their wood carving would be so large that I can not hope to give more than the barest outline of my subject, so that the present article 1) must be regarded as more after the nature of a preliminary account. The specimens of wood carvmg to which especial attention will be given are dolls, ti-hus an'd fetishes, the latter introduced in secret performances. If we rely upon the testimony of the priests we may conclude that the art of wood carving among the Ho-pi (mo-ki) is very ancient, and many of the objects placed on the altars in the subterranean chambers (rib - vac), where secret rites are performed, are said to have been brought up from the underworld when the ancients emerged from the si-pc'r-pu. 2) The majority of the specimens of wood carving which are here described are very modern. The objects treated in this article are called ti-hus, and are used by children as dolls. These carved wooden images are made in great numbers by the Tusayan Indians and present most instructive objects for the study of symbolic decoration. They are interesting as affording valuable information in regard to the Ho-pi conception of their mythological personages. These images are commonly mentioned by American visitors to the Tusayan pueblos as idols, but there is abundant evidence to show that they are at present used simply as children's playthings which are made for that purpose and given to the girls with that thought in mind. 3) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Jesse Walter Fewkes Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780483548596 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 88
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Excerpt from Tusayan Katcinas In the present article I have tried to present a picture of one of the two great natural groups Of ceremonials into which the Tusayan ritual is divided. I have sought also to lay a foundation for comparative studies of the same group as it exists in other pueblos, but have not found sufficient data in regard to these celebrations in other villages to carry this comparative research very far. Notwithstanding these dances occur in most of the pueblos, the published data about them is too meager for comparative uses. NO connected description of these ceremonies in other pueblos has been published; of theoretical expla nations we have more than are profitable. It is to be hoped that the ever-increasing interest in the ceremonials of the Pueblos Of the south west will lead to didactic, exoteric accounts of the rituals Of all these peoples, for a great field for research in this direction is yet to be tilled. In the use, throughout this article, of the words gods, deities, and worship we undoubtedly endow the subject with conceptions which do not exist in the Indian mind, but spring from philosophic ideas resulting from our higher culture. For the first two the more cumber some term supernatural beings is more expressive, and the word spirit is perhaps more convenient, except from the fact that it like wise has come to have a definite meaning unknown to the primitive mind. Worship, as we understand it, is not a proper term to use in the de scription of the Indian's methods of approaching his supernal beings. It involves much which is unknown to him, and implies the existence of that which is foreign to his conceptions. Still, until some better nomenclature, more exactly defining his methods, is suggested, these terms from their convenience will still continue in common use. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Clara Kern Bayliss Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780260787606 Category : Languages : en Pages : 250
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Excerpt from Lolami in Tusayan This volume and the one entitled Lolami the Little cliff-dweller give a connected story of primitive life in that strangely interesting and peculiar region of our land where the Pueblo Indians made their homes; building their houses on the ledges of the cliffs and obtaining food by the cultivation of such patches of the soil as they could irrigate from springs or streams. The geographical and historical setting is accurate in every detail. As true to reality, also, is the story of the unfolding inter ests and sympathies of child life. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Walter Hough Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780666346827 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 64
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Excerpt from The Moki Snake Dance: A Popular Account of That Unparalleled Dramatic Pagan Ceremony of the Pueblo Indians of Tusayan, Arizona, With Incidental Mention of Their Life and Customs Other dances of the Mokis are more pleasing, as the Kachina dances, with their mirth and music, or the Flute dance, full of color and ceremony, but the Snake dance attracts with a potent fascination. One gets so interested in the progress of the dance that the antici pated element of horror does not appear amid the rhythmic movement and tragic gestures of the dancers with here and there the sinuous undulation of a venom ous rattlesnake. Along the sky-line of the houses and on every available foothold and standing place are spec tators. At Wolpi, the top of the mushroom-shaped rock is a favorite seat. The crowd is hardly less inter esting than the dancers. Everyone, except the white visitor, is in gala costume, Moki and Navajo vying in gaudy colors. The Moki maidens have their hair doneup in great whorls of shining blackness at the sides of their heads. The women, who have brushed away the evidences of preparation for the feast to follow the dance, now appear at their best, and the children dash around, consuming unlimited slices of watermelon. Mormons, be-pistoled cowboys, prospectors, army officers, teachers from the schools, scientists, photographers, and tourist in the modern costume suitable for camp life, mingle with the Indian spectators in motley confusion. Not less than one hundred white people witnessed the Snake dance at Wolpi in 1897. Each year there is a larger attendance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Walter Hough Publisher: ISBN: Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 270
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The Hopi are a Native American Puebloan culture in northern Arizona. Their culture has been some of the most well-documented and preserved in the American southwest. They continue to thrive and produce pottery today, and their pieces are known for their intricate details and lines.
Author: Jesse Walter Fewkes
Author: Jesse Walter Fewkes
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Author: Jesse Walter Fewkes
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