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The Seri Indians. (1898 N 17 / 1895-1896 (pages 1-344*))

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An ethnographic study documents the geography, environment, and lifeways of a small indigenous group on Tiburon Island and adjacent Sonoran mainland, emphasizing their desert-and-coastal habitat. It describes physical characteristics and demographic decline, subsistence focused on marine resources and desert plants, and a wide range of material culture and technologies including boats, tools, baskets, houses, dress, and ornamentation. The work also examines social organization (clans, chiefship, marriage, adoption, mortuary rites), symbolism and decoration, language and comparative lexicology, and supplements the text with maps, illustrations, and artifact descriptions from field investigations.

Transcriber's Note:

Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation are as in the original.