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The snake-dance of the Moquis of Arizona : being a narrative of a journey from Santa Fé, New Mexico, to the villages of the Moqui Indians of Arizona, with a description of the manners and customs of this peculiar people, and especially of the revolting religious rite, the snake-dance ; to which is added a brief dissertation upon serpent-worship in general, with an account of the tablet dance of t...

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Author:
Bourke, John Gregory 1846-1896  Search this
Lithographer:
Kell, C. F.  Search this
Physical description:
[5], viii-xvi, [2], 371, [1] p., XXXI [i.e. 33] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill. (some col.) 23 cm
Type:
Electronic resources
Date:
1884
Notes:
Plates signed: C.F. Kell Litho. ... Holborn, E.C.
"Printed by R. & R. Clark, Edinburgh" --Colophon, p. 371.
The final p. is blank.
The plates are accompanied by blank tissue guard sheets.
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Stamp on t.p.: Smithsonian Institution National Museum; accession no. 246718.
Publisher's gilt- and black-stamped green illustrated cloth binding.
SCNHRB copy 39088008153785 has bookplate: Smithsonian Libraries Adopt-a-Book program. Adopted by Jennifer E. and Charles F. Sands in honor of the Wipala Wiki Lodge Oraibi Chapter on October 20, 2019.
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Topic:
Snake dance  Search this
Serpent worship  Search this
Call number:
E99.H7 B77 1884
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_501333