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The mountain chant, a Navajo ceremony.

Title
The mountain chant, a Navajo ceremony.
Author
Matthews, Washington, 1843-1905.
Publication
[Glorieta, N.M., Rio Grande Press, 1970]

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Description
379-564 p. illus., map.; 29 cm.
Series Statement
Rio Grande classic
Alternative Title
  • Navajo mountain chant.
  • Navajo mountain chant
Subject
  • Navajo Indians > Religion and mythology
  • Mountainway (Navajo rite)
  • Navajo Indians > Rites and ceremonies
Note
  • Cover title.
  • On spine: The Navajo mountain chant.
  • "[From] Fifth annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology, to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-'84. By J. W. Powell, director."
  • Col. reproductions of 4 dry paintings (originally plates 15-18) on lining papers.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction -- Myth of the origin of dsilyidje qacal -- Ceremonies of dsilyidje qaca -- The great pictures of dsilyidje qaca -- Original texts and translations of songs.
ISBN
0873800664
LCCN
^^^77124507^//r84
OCLC
  • 138651
  • SCSB-9898938
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library