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The road of life and death : a ritual drama of the American Indians

Title
The road of life and death : a ritual drama of the American Indians / Paul Radin ; with a foreword by Mark van Doren.
Author
Radin, Paul, 1883-1959
Publication
New York : Pantheon Books Inc., c1945

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Book/textRestricted use Arents 96-467Schwarzman Building - Arents Collection Room 328

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Description
xiv, 345 p.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Bollingen series ; 5
Subject
  • Winnebago Indians > Drama
  • Indians of North America > Drama
  • Indians of North America > Rites and ceremonies
  • Calumets
  • Indians of North America > Tobacco use
  • Tobacco > Religious aspects
Note
  • "He goes to the fireplace ... and pours out a handful of tobacco ... When he has concluded this, he lights his pipe and puffs some tobacco-smoke first toward the east, then towards the north, the west and the south. All now begin to smoke"--P. 225-226.
Call Number
Arents 96-467
LCCN
46000923
OCLC
  • 600118
  • NYPG96-B2616
Author
Radin, Paul, 1883-1959.
Title
The road of life and death : a ritual drama of the American Indians / Paul Radin ; with a foreword by Mark van Doren.
Imprint
New York : Pantheon Books Inc., c1945 (New York, N.Y. : H. Wolff)
Series
Bollingen series ; 5
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Research Call Number
Arents 96-467
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