book chapter

Mythic dry-paintings of the Navajos

American Naturalist19Published In 1885 • Pages: 931-939

By: Matthews, Washington.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a brief description of some paintings and a valuable account of how the paintings are made.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Representative art
Mythology
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Navajo
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2004
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 chapter
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
William P. Mangin ; 1951
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
not specified
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Arizona and New Mexico,United States
NotesAdditional notes
Washington Matthews
This document consists of excerpts
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
12030247
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Navajo Indians