The Oraibi Marau Ceremony (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Oraibi Marau CeremonyThrough the'renewed generosity of Mr. Stanley mccormick, the Field Museum of Natural History resumes investigations among the Hopi Indians of Arizona. The services of Mr. H. R. Voth, who has made that tribe the object of special studies, have again been secured to construct additional Hopi altars and prepare further papers on Hopi ceremonies and customs, and to add new ethnic features to the Hopi collections.This monograph on the Oraibi Marau Ceremony describes the second of several extended ceremonies of the women of Oraibi, the first one, The Oraibi aol Ceremony, having been published in 1901 in the series of papers on the Hopi under the Stanley mccormick expedition.The profound thanks of the Museum and this Department to Mr. Stanley mccormick for his continued generosity are herewith cheerfully acknowledged. George A. Dorsey.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.