Book
The Wolf ritual of the northwest coast
University of Oregon • Eugene • Published In 1952 • Pages:
By: Ernst, Alice Henson.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source deals with the dominant ritual of the Nootkan peoples - the Klukwana or Wolf Ritual. Detailed descriptions are given of the ritual as performed among the Makah of the Cape Flattery region of Washington, among the neighboring Quileute (NR16) and at Sesharts Village on Vancouver Island. There is much information on the dance masks used. The author has undertaken this study with the purpose not only of describing the ritual but also of tracing its possible origin. The discussion of its origin is interspersed in the descriptive account and is summarized in the final chapter.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Organized ceremonial
- Representative art
- Comparative evidence
- Dance
- Sodalities
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Nuu-chah-nulth
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Northwest Coast and California
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- 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
- Joan Steffens ; 1963: John Beierle; 2010
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1932-1940
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1855-1940
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Northwest Coast, Canada, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Alice Henson Ernst
- References to origin and diffusion within the Nootkan area have been marked for category 178
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 52062258
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Wolf ritual
- Makah Indians
- Quileute Indians
- Nootka Indians
- Nuu-chah-nulth Indians