Item #61330 Folk-Lore of the Musquakie Indians of North America and Catalogue of Musquakie Beadwork and Other Objects in the Collection of the Folk-Lore Society; Folk-Lore Society Publications. Mary Alicia OWEN.
Folk-Lore of the Musquakie Indians of North America and Catalogue of Musquakie Beadwork and Other Objects in the Collection of the Folk-Lore Society; Folk-Lore Society Publications

Folk-Lore of the Musquakie Indians of North America and Catalogue of Musquakie Beadwork and Other Objects in the Collection of the Folk-Lore Society; Folk-Lore Society Publications

London: David Nutt, 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. x + 148pp + 8 plates (2 coloured). Brown publisher's cloth with gilt lettering to spine and device to upper board, black borders to upper board. The first 90 pages of the work comprise a study and collection of the customs and folklore of the Native American Musquakie (Meskwaki) people with the remainder of the book, and the plates, an illustrated catalogue of their beadwork and other objects as housed in the collection of the Folklore Society. Contents: Chapter I: Mythical Origin, Chapter II. Achievements and Fate of the Brothers, Chapter III. Legend and History, Chapter IV. Government, Chapter V. Beliefs, Chapter VI. Dances, Religion Dance — Corn-Planting Dance — Totem Dances — Green Corn Dance — The Woman Dance (I-coo-coo-ah) — Bear Dance — Buffalo Dance — Discovery Dance — Young Dogs' Dance — Horses' Dance — Scalp Dance — Dead Man's Medicine Dance — The Young Servants' Dance — Birds' Dance — Presents Dance. Chapter VII. Birth and Infancy, Chapter VIII. Puberty, Chapter IX. Courtship and Marriage, Chapter X. Death, Burial, and Ghost-Carrying, Chapter XI. Folk Tales, Girls and Bear — The Grey Wolf and the Orphan Boy— The Woman and the Tree-Ghost— The Man and the Tree-Ghost — The Man and the Young Girl — The Duck-Woman — The Woodpecker-Man — Prairie-chicken Woman — The Awl — The Girl-with-Spots-on-her-Face — The Young Man that killed himself and was made alive again. Catalogue Of Musquakie Beadwork And Other Objects. Very light shelf-wear and a few light marks to cloth, spine edges and ends chafed and bruised, top edge darkened, front endpapers cracking at front gutter but hinge tight, some pages roughly opened leaving jagged top edges (no loss of text), some pages not opened, text block pulled between a few signatures at rear but binding is tight, pages a bit toned but unmarked. Overall a tight, clean VG copy (no dust jacket). Scarce. Item #61330

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