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The Diegueño ceremony of the death images (1919)

Davis, Edward H., b. 1862, Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation · New York : Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation · leaf 33

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DAVIS— DIEGUENO CEREMONY OF THE DEATH IMAGES 20, (fig. 10-12). A hat basket is fastened on top, and bunches of plumes adorn the shoulders — hawk for the man, owl for the woman — to waft their souls to their final destination (fig. 13). The faces … Fig. 10. — Third stage. The images are called ukwich. These mouth nose, chin, lips, and eyebrows stripes ornament the women of Campo are painted red, and the cheeks black. and of the desert tribes generally. The figures are supposed to be dressed in the same manner as the originals at the time of…

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