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• Physical Description: xxxvii, 477 pages : illustrations (some color), plates, maps ; 30 cm.
• Publisher: Washington : G.P.O., 1883.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Second annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology / by J.W. Powell -- Zuñi fetiches / by Frank Hamilton Cushing -- Myths of the Iroquois / by Erminnie A. Smith -- Animal carvings from the mounds of the Mississippi Valley / by Henry W. Henshaw -- Navajo silversmiths / by Washington Matthews -- Art in shell of the ancient Americans / by William H. Holmes -- Illustrated catalogue of the collections obtained from the Indians of New Mexico and Arizona in 1879 / by James Stevenson.

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Subject:

Indians of North America.
Zuni Indians > Religion.
Fetishes (Ceremonial objects) > New Mexico > Zuni.
Iroquois mythology.
Iroquoian Indians > Religion.
Mounds > Mississippi River Valley.
Mississippi River Valley > Antiquities.
Mound-builders > Material culture > Mississippi River Valley.
Indian sculpture > Mississippi River Valley.
Carving (Decorative arts) > Mississippi River Valley.
Navajo silverwork.
Shell engraving > North America.
Indian art > North America.
Indians of North America > Material culture > New Mexico.
Indians of North America > Material culture > Arizona.
Indian art > New Mexico.
Indian art > Arizona.

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• Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology ; 2nd, 1880-'81
• Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of Ethnology. Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution ; 2nd, 1880-1881.