Ceremonial of Hasjelti Dailjis and mythical sand painting of the Navajo Indians by James Stevenson.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Stevenson, James, 1840-1888.

Series:

Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of Ethnology. Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution ; 8th paper no. 2.

Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution ; 8th (1886-87) [paper no. 2]

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part I

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part I.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Navajo Indians--Religion.

Navajo Indians.

Navajo Indians--Rites and ceremonies.

Navajo mythology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (p. 229-285) : ill.

Contained In:

Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1891. vol. 8, (1886-87)

Contents:

Introduction

Construction of the Medicine Lodge

First day. Personators of the gods

Second day. Description of the sweat houses ; Seat houses and masks ; Preparation of the sacred reeds (cigarette) and prayer sticks

Myths of the Navajo.

Notes:

Reproduction of the original from the Library of Congress.

OCLC:

866986883