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The Hako: a Pawnee ceremony
Smithsonian Institution • (2) • Published In 1904 • Pages: 372 , plates
By: Fletcher, Alice C. (Alice Cunningham), Murie, James R., Tracy, Edwin S..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This account describes the rituals and songs connected with the Hako ceremony. The participants, costumes, paraphernalia, dances and rites are described in detail and the symbolism and meaning of each ritual is discussed. In addition the texts and music of all the songs are given with explanations and translations. Materials on Pawnee deities and mythology may be found in the discussion of the rites and there are also occasional references to Pawnee conceptions about the universe, meteorological phenomena, and plant and animal species. Fletcher, a pioneer ethnologist, was assisted by James R. Murie. The music was transcribed by Edwin S. Tracy.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Literary texts
- Organized ceremonial
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Pawnee
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1998
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Plains and Plateau
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Betty Potash ; 1960
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1898-1902
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 1898-1902
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Chawi (Chaui) band; northern Kansas and Nebraska, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Alice Cunningham Fletcher
- Includes index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 16005547
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Pawnee Indians