The Huntington California Expedition. The Northern Maidu

✍ Scribed by Roland B. Dixon

• Publisher: American Museum of Natural History
• Year: 1905
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 256
• Series: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History; XVII,3
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION............................................ I2I
BIBLIOGRAPHY .....1I22
Geography and History ..... 123
Habitat and Boundaries ............................... I23
Topography............................................ 125
Divisions .......................................£27
History.. ...... ... . .............................. 129
Population ................................... I30
Migration...1....................I32
Material Culture........... ................. 132
Manufactures ............................... .......... 132
Work in Stone.................................... I32
Work in Wood, Bone, and Shell........... I39
Preparation of Hides ............ ...... I4I
Cordage and Netting .... 142
Basketry and Weaving ....... ...................... I45
Work in Feathers .... I49
Clothing and Personal Adornment ....... ................ I54
Dwellings and Household Utensils ... I68
Food and its Preparation ....... ....................... i8i
Hunting and Fishing ....192
Transportation and Trade .... I98
Warfare .... 202
Games and Amusements .... 207
Calendar..... 2I 7
Art.... 28
Decorative Art....................................... 2I8
Music ................................................ 221
Social Organization, Law, and Festivals ...................... 223
Social Organization .................................... 223
Crimes and Punishments ............................... . 227
Social Gatherings and Festivals ....'228
Birth, Puberty, Marriage, and Death ... 228
Birth ............................................. 228
Names............................................... 230
Puberty ............................................. 232
Marriage............................................. 239
Death and Burial .... 241
Religion ............................................. 259
Beliefs regarding the Soul, etc ... 259
Conceptions of the World ... 262
Miscellaneous Beliefs... 265
Charms ... 266
Shamanism .. . 267
Ceremonials and Dances ... 283
The Secret Society... 3 22
Mythology ................................................ 333
Conclusion............................................... 343