Contributions to the Ethnology of the Kwakiutl / / Franz Boas.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
• VerfasserIn: Boas, Franz,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1925]; ©1925
• Year of Publication: 1925
• Language: English
• Series: Columbia University Contributions to Anthropology
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (358 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; Dreams (Nos. 1–68) --; Rank, Property and Inheritance --; Counter and Tally Keeper --; The Assembler --; Succession --; A Family History --; The Acquisition of Names --; 1. The name of the newborn child --; 2. The name of the ten moons old child --; 3. The name of the young man --; 4. Painting with song --; 5. Spreading out --; 6. (An accident) --; 7. Giving the winter dance to his own tribe --; 8. Giving away to his own tribe --; 9. The giving away of property to the tribes --; 10. Marriage --; 11. The purchase of a copper --; 12. Continuation of the marriage ceremonies --; 13. Maturity of the chief’s sister --; 14. Building of a house
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780231880299; 9783110442489
• DOI: 10.7312/boas90748
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Franz Boas.

Translated Kwakiutl texts dealing with dreams and information relating to the social organization of the tribe.