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The medicine bundles and busks of the Florida Seminole
Florida anthropologist • 7 • Published In 1954 • Pages: 31-70
By: Sturtevant, William C..
Abstract
This source describes and analyzes the medicine bundles and the Green Corn Dance (busk) of the Florida Seminole. The morphology and uses of the medicine bundles are outlined. The constituent elements and functions of the Green Corn Dance are similarly described and analyzed. Both the medicine bundles and the busks are compared to similar, related phenonena in the Southeast and other parts of North America.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2003
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Eastern Woodlands
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Christopher Latham ; 1989
- Field Date
- 1952-1953
- Coverage Date
- not specified
- Coverage Place
- Mikasuki and Cow Creek bands of Seminole; southern Florida, United States
- Notes
- William C. Sturtevant
- Information on the medicine bundles is indexed for Luck and Chance (778). Information on the busks is indexed for Organized Ceremonials (796).
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-70)
- LCCN
- 56028409
- LCSH
- Seminole Indians