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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 34

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30 MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN, HEYE FOUNDATION would cause almost certain death. We finally compromised on hair from a horse's mane as coming nearest the desired article. This of course was irregular, but then the whole proceeding was necessarily more or less so. It may be assumed that old Jim… … hair cord around the face and Fig. 12. — Mask of female beneath the chin, fastening image dotted and striped the white cloth over the face. with red paint. This male image is painted red on nose, chin, and lips, and black on cheeks. for this radical departure from the ordained ritual; at any rate,…

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