Twenty First Annual Report Of The Bureau Of American Ethnology To The Secretary Of The Smithsonian Institution 1899 1900 By Jw Powell Director

Author : J. W. Powell
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ISBN 13 : 9781332813308
Total Pages : 542 pages
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Download or read book Twenty-First Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1899-1900 (Classic Reprint) written by J. W. Powell and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-27 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Twenty-First Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1899-1900 The Hopi Indians represent their gods in several ways, one of which is by personation - by wearing masks or garments bearing symbols that are regarded as characteristic of those beings. The sym bols depicted on these masks and garments vary considerably, but are readily recognized and identified by the Indians. At each festival in which these supernatural beings are personated the symbols are repainted, and continued practice has led to a high development of this kind of artistic work, many Of the Indians having become expert in painting the symbols characteristic of the gods. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.