Book
Notes on Hopi clans
American Museum of Natural History • 30 (6) • Published In 1929 • Pages: 303-360
By: Lowie, Robert Harry.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source presents a detailed study of the Hopi clan system based on the data collected by the author in the summer of 1915 at First Mesa on the Hopi Reservation (villages of Walpi and Sichumovi), and further supplemented in 1916 with additional comparative information from Second Mesa (villages of Mishongnovi and Shipaulovi). In each of the villages studied the author instituted his own census to determine the numerical size of the clans, the relationship of clan members to one another, and the degree to which clan intermarriages have taken place. The data from this census occupy a large portion of this work. Following this, additional information will be found on linked clans, totemism, political clan functions, and the role of clans and ceremonial associations in the society. An appendix contains a number of kinship charts showing actual blood relationships within the various clans mentioned in the text.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Clans
- Phratries
- Kinship terminology
- Kin relationships
- Organized ceremonial
- Sodalities
- Sacred objects and places
- 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.
- 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
- John Beierle ; 1988
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1915-1916
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1915-1916
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Walpi, Sichomovi, Mishongnovi, and Shipaulovi pueblos, First and Second Mesas, northeastern Arizona, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Robert H. Lowie
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 290256363
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Hopi Indians