Head and Face Masks in Navaho Ceremonialism
By Berard Haile.
Description
Father Berard Haile (d. 1955) spent a lifetime studying and recording Navajo ceremonial practice. His ethnographic work was held in wide regard by contemporary anthropologists, and he is still commonly cited by present-day students of Navajo ceremonialism." "Originally issued in a limited edition in 1947, Head and Face Masks in Navaho Ceremonialism presents information on masks and their uses, most of it obtained in 1908 from one family of singers and supplemented over the following forty years. It offers a detailed account of the necessary attributes of Navajo masks and their con...
ISBN(s)
087480504X, 9780874805048
