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A Further Contribution to the Study of the Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians
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Title: A Further Contribution to the Study of the Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians
Author: H.C. Yarrow
Release Date: March 2, 2004 [EBook #11398]
Language: English
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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION--BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY
J.W. POWELL, DIRECTOR
A Further Contribution To The
STUDY OF THE MORTUARY CUSTOMS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS.
By
Dr. H.C. Yarrow, ACT. ASST. SURG., USA
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
1.-Quiogozeon or dead house 2.-Pima burial 3.-Towers of silence 4.-Towers of silence 5.-Alaskan mummies 6.-Burial urns 7.-Indian cemetery 8.-Grave pen 9.-Grave pen l0.-Tolkotin cremation ll.-Eskimo lodge burial l2.-Burial houses l3.-Innuit grave l4.-Ingalik grave l5.-Dakota scaffold burial l6.-Offering food to the dead l7.-Depositing the corpse l8.-Tree-burial l9.-Chippewa scaffold burial 30.-Scarification at burial 3l.-Australian scaffold burial