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Games of the North American Indians : Games of Skill, Paperback by Culin, Ste...
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- ISBN
- 9780803263567
- Book Title
- Games of the North American Indians : Games of Skill
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Publication Year
- 1992
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.2in
- Genre
- Games & Activities, Social Science
- Topic
- General, Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 24.1 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 490 Pages
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Games figured prominently in the myths of North American Indian tribes, and also in their ceremonies for bringing rain and fertility and combating misfortune. In his classic study, originally published in 1907 as a report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Stewart Culin divided the games played by Indian men and women into two general types. Volume 1 of this Bison Books edition takes up games of chance, involving guessing and throwing dice. Culin was able to show that the games of North American tribes were remarkably similar in method and purpose. He found that games using dice of various materials--wood, cane, bone, animal teeth, fruit stones--existed among 130 tribes belonging to 30 linguistic groups. The games are described in detail in this volume, and so are the popular guessing games drawing on sticks and wooden disks and involving hidden objects. Volume 2 is just as absorbing in its elaboration of skills like archery and games like snow-snake, in which darts or javelins were hurled over snow or ice. Played throughout the continent north of Mexico were the hoop and pole game and its miniature, solitaire form called ring and pin, here illustrated. With equal authority Culin discusses ball games: racket, shinny, football, and hot ball. He includes accounts of "minor amusements": shuttlecock, tipcat, quoits, popgun, bean shooter, and cat's cradle. Originally published in 1907, Stewart Culin's comprehensive work reveals a side of American Indian culture still only rarely shown. An experienced observer, Culin was curator of ethnology at the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences and the author of books about games in other cultures.
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Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
ISBN-10
0803263562
ISBN-13
9780803263567
eBay Product ID (ePID)
770163
Product Key Features
Book Title
Games of the North American Indians : Games of Skill
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
General, Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies
Publication Year
1992
Genre
Games & Activities, Social Science
Number of Pages
490 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
1.2in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
24.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Number of Volumes
2 Vols.
Volume Number
Vol. 2
Copyright Date
1992
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
92-015261
Dewey Decimal
790.08997
Dewey Edition
20
Illustrated
Yes
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