Pacific Discovery, Volume XXXIII, Number 3 (Journal): “The Hopi Issue”

Description

Editor: Finson, Bruce

Publisher: California Academy of Sciences

Pub Date: 1980

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair.  Stapled binding tight.  No tears, folds.  Upper rear cover corner has an approx. 1″ bend.  Handwritten note on lower edge rear cover.  A couple of pen marks on page 31.   Scuffing to front cover spine edge.  Edge and corner wear.

Notes: Journal.  The entire issue is devoted to the Hopi–art, photography, kachinas, rock art, astronomy, and “piki” (a ceremonial “bread” made with blue corn meal, water, and ash from one or more specific plants).  Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. “Pacific Discovery”, the journal of the California Academy of Sciences, was published from 1948 to 1997, when the title was changed to “California Wild”.