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Mescalero Apache girls' puberty ceremony
El Palacio • 46 • Published In 1939 • Pages: 193-204
By: Nicholas, Dan.
Abstract
This article contains a description of a girls' puberty ceremony held in 1939. The author, an Apache living on the Mescalero Reservation, does not attempt to go beyond the descriptive level. In addition to details about the ceremony, there is information on the Mountain Spirit dance groups that perform during the puberty rite.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2010
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Indigenous Person
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Eleanor C. Swanson ; 1979-1980
- Field Date
- 1939
- Coverage Date
- 1939
- Coverage Place
- Mescalero Indian Reservation, New Mexico, United States
- Notes
- Dan Nicholas
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-204)
- LCCN
- 59038557
- LCSH
- Mescalero Indians