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The social organization and the secret societies of the Kwakiutl Indians

by Franz Boas, George Hunt, George. [from old catalog] Hunt, George George McMonies Hunt & United States National Museum

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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"Based on personal observations and on notes made by Mr. George Hunt." "From the Report of the U. S. National museum for 1895." At head of title: Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum Six of the plates accompanied by guard sheets with descriptive letter-press, not included in paging "Appendix" (songs and texts): p. 665-733

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Ancient religions, animism, and ritual and Initiatory orders and secret societies.

  • Initiatory orders and secret societies

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive, online-books-page, openlibrary-historical, and wellcome matched “Secret societies” and “secret societies”. Retained metadata contains “Secret societies” in the title, “Secret societies” in the subject metadata, and “Secret societies” in the edition title.

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  • Ancient religions, animism, and ritual

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary-historical matched “Rites and ceremonies”. Retained metadata contains “Rites and ceremonies” in the subject metadata.

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    • “Rites and ceremonies”· in subject

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Editions

Open Library reports 15 editions; 4 cataloged here.

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1897-01-01T00:00:00Z—English—Public digitized item

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  • 0665143001
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1897Govt. print. off.; Washington; Washington, Govt. print. off.English—Public

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: Canadiana.org
  • Contributing institution: Getty Research Institute
  • Contributing institution: Harvard University
  • Digitization sponsor: Getty Research Institute
  • Digitization sponsor: Google
  • Digitization sponsor: University of Alberta Libraries
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Open Library reports 15 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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  • Source-listed Library of Congress call number(s): E99 .K9 B5
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