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Ritual in Pueblo art: Hopi life in Hopi painting

Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation24Published In 1970 • Pages: vii, 81

By: Harvey, Byron.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source contains images of 185 paintings by native Hopi artists. All of these artworks were commissioned for this collection, and are permanently exhibited at the Museum of the American Indian in New York. Topics include: the life cycle; ritual life, including several important ceremonies and the Kachina cult; clowns and clowning; curing; and economic life, including farming, hunting and basketmaking. Biographical sketches of the artists are also provided. Each of the images (pp. 85-190) is described in the first half of the source (pp. 9-69).
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Representative art
Personal grooming
Normal garb
Shamans and psychotherapists
Magical and mental therapy
Ornament
Humor
Postures
Athletic sports
Mats and basketry
Gift giving
Dwellings
Masonry
Dance
Diet
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.
Art Patron
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
Christopher Latham ; 1988
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1964-1966
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1964-1966
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Hopi Pueblo, Second Mesa, northeastern Arizona, United States
NotesAdditional notes
Byron Harvey
All information presented about the artworks, both in the text and in the images is indexed for Representative Art (532). Furthermore, every image and its corresponding text are indexed identical subjects. Thus the set of subjects under which each artwork is indexed is a compilation of information from both the image and the text.
figures paginated as pp. 83-190
Includes bibliographical references (p. 79-81)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
67030973
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Hopi Indians