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The Oráibi Oáqöl ceremony

Field Columbian MuseumChicagoPublished In 1903 • Pages: 5, 46 , plates

By: Voth, Henry R..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source is an extremely detailed day-by-day description of the Oáqöl ceremony, its participants and ritual, in which young girls are initiated into the Oáqöl Society, one of the three “women’s fraternities” in Oráibi. It also contains small amounts of information on clan-kiva society relationships, basket making, and male and female roles. According to 7: Talayesva, Voth was hated by the Hopi and he regularly forced his way into their secret ceremonies. Talayesva however does not dispute the accuracy of his description.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Organized ceremonial
Sodalities
Sacred objects and places
Special garments
Culture summary
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Hopi
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2000
RegionThe area the document pertains to
North America
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Southwest and Basin
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.
Missionary
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
Martin Malone ; 1975
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1893-1902
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
ca. 1893-1902
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Oraibi Pueblo, northeastern Arizona, United States
NotesAdditional notes
by H. R. Voth. The Stanley McCormick Hopi expedition …
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
04012952
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Hopi Indians