The Tlingit Indians / George Thornton Emmons ; edited with additions by Frederica de Laguna and a biography by Jean Low.

Author
Emmons, George Thornton [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Seattle : University of Washington Press ; New York : American Museum of Natural History, ©1991.
Description
xl, 488 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.

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    This comprehensive study of the Tlingit Indians of southern Alaska and the coast of British Columbia is an edited version of manuscripts by the ethnographer G.T. Emmons compiled in the 1880s and 1890s. Extensive bibliography and illustrations.
    Notes
    Maps on lining papers.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • 1. THE LAND AND THE PEOPLE: People; Physical features of Tlingit territory, Climate, Flora and fauna, The Tlingit name, Origin of the Tlingit, Physical Appearance, Health and Disease, Population Character 2. SOCIAL ORGANIZATION: Tlingit Tribes, Phratry or Moiety, Clan, House and Household, Kinship, Crests, Display of the Crest, Painting of the Face, Names, Social Classes, Chiefs, Authority of Chiefs, Slaves, Law, Trade. 3. VILLAGES, HOUSES, FORTS, AND OTHER WORKS: Villages, Houses, Domestic Life, , Other Houses and Shelters, Forts, Petroglyphs, Stone cairns. 4. TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION: Canoes, manufacture and repair of canoes, Appurtenances of the canoe, Handling of the canoe, Snowshoes, Bags, Packs, Boxes, Sleds.
    • 8. ARTS AND INDUSTRIES: WOMEN'S WORK: Skin Dressing, Sinew and Intestines, Basketry. Spruce Root Hats, basketry designs, Spruce root mats, Cedar bark weaving, The Chilkat blanket. 9. DRESS AND DECORATION: Personal Cleanliness. Clothing. Hair Dressing. Ear and Nose ornaments. Labrets. Bracelets and necklaces. Face painting. Tattooing. 10. THE LIFE CYCLE: Birth. Infancy and Childhood. Naming. Girl's Puberty. Marriage. Death. Cremation. Ceremonies after the Funeral. Shaman's Graves. Various other Forms of Disposal of the Dead. Recent Graveyards. Inheritance of Property. Afterlife. Spirits, Souls, Reincarnation. 11. CEREMONIES: Music and Dance, Tlingit Ceremonialism in the Eighteenth and early Nineteenth Centuries; Housing-building Ceremonies, Dedication of the House and Raising a Totem Pole, Dick Sa-tan's Potlatch, 1891. A Major Potlatch; Ceremony for the Children; The Berry Potlatch Dance.
    ISBN
    • 0295970081
    • 9780295970080
    LCCN
    90046274
    OCLC
    23463915
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