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The Zuni Indians: their mythology, esoteric fraternities, and ceremonies
U.S. Bureau of American ethnology. Twenty-third annual report. 1901-1902 • Washington • Published In 1904 • Pages: 1-634 , 129 plates (41 in color)
By: Stevenson, Matilda Coxe.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document is a long and extremely detailed description of some aspects of Zuni culture during the late nineteenth century. It is not a study of the whole culture and includes only sketches of their everyday life, arts and customs. It concentrates on Zuni mythology, esoteric fraternities and ceremonies. Other topics covered include anthropic worship and ritual, calendar and calendric ceremonials, the rain priesthood, the Shalako festival, history, witchcraft, and medical practices. Stevenson originally accompanied her husband to help in his ethnographic work, but when he died, determined to complete what she thought to be his mission. The effects of her personality can still be observed in present-day Zuni.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Mythology
- Priesthood
- Organized ceremonial
- Congregations
- Sacred objects and places
- Dance
- Literary texts
- Sorcery
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Zuni
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2009
- 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
- essay
- 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
- Timothy J. O'Leary ; 1961: John Beierle; 2007
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1879-1900
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1879-1900
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Matilda Coxe Stevenson
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 06035065
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Zuni Indians