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The inviting-in feast of the Alaskan Eskimo / Ernest William Hawkes

By: Series: Memoir (Geological Survey of Canada) ; 45. Anthropological series ; no. 3Publication details: Ottawa : Government Printing Bureau, 1913.Description: 20 p. : ill., xiii platesSubject(s): Summary: Report on author's observations of "inviting-in" feast held by Eskimos at St. Michael, Alaska in January, 1912. Feast is appeal to spirits represented by masks worn by participants for future success in hunting. Describes the dance house, songs, dances, masks etc. used in connection with this festival.
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Report on author's observations of "inviting-in" feast held by Eskimos at St. Michael, Alaska in January, 1912. Feast is appeal to spirits represented by masks worn by participants for future success in hunting. Describes the dance house, songs, dances, masks etc. used in connection with this festival.

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