Early Cremation Ceremonies of the Luiseño and Diegueño Indians of Southern California: Indian Notes and Monographs Vol. VII, No. 3 (Pamphlet)

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Description

Author: Davis, Edward H. (1862-1951)

Publisher: Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation

Pub Date: 1921

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair to Good.  Stapled binding tight.  No tears, bends or folds.  Some spotting to rear cover.

Notes: Pamphlet.  Aside from the fact that these ceremonies were conducted outdoors, in a pit oriented north-south, women getting their hair cut after the ceremony, and sometimes a “fiesta” (think “wake”), and the ashes interred in an olla, not much has changed.

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