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Ceremonial paddles from the Eyak Indians, Alaska
University Museum Bulletin • 5 (2) • Published In 1934 • Pages: 57-59
By: De Laguna, Frederica.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document analyzes the meanings and social importance of two rare Eyak ceremonial paddles or wands that would have been used in a mortuary potlatch. The design of the paddles—along with potlatches and a division into Raven and Eagle moieties—likely was adopted from the Tlingit after the Eyak migrated to the Copper River delta area.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Boats
- Visual arts
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Eyak
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Arctic and Subarctic
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi Abate Adem ; 2017
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1933
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1850-1933
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Cordova and Copper River delta area, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Frederica De Laguna
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 32011312
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Eyak Indians