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Zuñi breadstuff (1920)

Cushing, Frank Hamilton, 1857-1900 · New York : Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation · leaf 205

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193 CHAPTER V Corn-raising, or "The Regeneration of the Seed" … Upon this inspection hangs the fate, so he thinks, of his cornfield; for if every kernel in each of the six sacred hills has "come out," the crop will be pro- ductive. If, on the contrary, one or two of the grains in, for example, the southern hill, have not sprouted forth, Alas! part of his crop…

Zuni Indians · Indians of North America

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