Book
Children of cottonwood: piety and ceremonialism in Hopi Indian puppetry
University of Nebraska Press • 12 • Published In 1987 • Pages: ix, 412
By: Geertz, Armin W., Lomatuway'ma, Michael.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Puppet ceremonials are seldom discussed in the anthropological literature on the Hopi, and when they are, most concentrate on the better known Paalölöqangw ceremony. This document presents data on several other lesser known ceremonials, in addition to the Paalölöqangw, in which puppets play a significant dramatic role, e.g., the Sa'lakwmanawyat, Koyemsihoya, Kuysiplölöqangw, and Palakwayo ceremonies. This work is divided into two major parts, Part one provides an English translation (with annotations) of various Hopi texts dealing with the ceremonials mentioned above. These texts, compiled from interviews with Hopi informants, are arranged in numerical sequence starting with Text 1, Text 2, etc. This section describes the history of the puppets, their construction and function in the ceremonies, and associated songs and rituals. Part 2 consists of the original Hopi texts, arranged in numerical order corresponding to the sequence of texts in part one.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Games
- Drama
- Mythology
- Spirits and gods
- Sacred objects and places
- Organized ceremonial
- 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;1999
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1978-1979, 1982
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 1900-1982
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Hotvela pueblo,Third Mesa, northeastern Arizona, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Armin W. Geertz, Michael Lomatuway'ma ; illustrations bt Warren Namingha and Poul Norbo
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-390) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 86030848
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Hopi Indians