Identifier: annualreportofbu117smit (find matches)
Title: Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology
Subjects: Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology Ethnology Indians
Publisher: Washington : U. S. Govt. Print. Off.
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Kahle/Austin Foundation and Omidyar Network

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d Hower necklace 171 9. Seed necklace 172 10. Nut pendants 172 11. Shell beads 172 12. Wooden beads 172 13. Necklace of wooden beads 173 14. Rattlesnake necklace 174 1.). Seri olla ring 184 Ifi. Water-bearers yoke 184 17. Symbolic mortuary olla 185 18. Symbolic mortuary dish 185 19. Shell-cup 186 20. Turtle-hariioon 187 21. Fish spearhead 193 22. African archery posture - 202 23. Desiccated pork 205 24. Seri basket 208 25. Scatophagic supplies 213 26. Seri marlinspikes 217 27. The balsa afloat 218 28. Seri balsa as seen by Xarragantett party 219 MCGEF-l ILLUSTRATIONS 7 ... 22(jFi(:ure29. Seri hairbrush ^^g 30. Seri craiUe - ^^.^ SI. Hair spindlf ^.,g 32. Human-hair cciid 33. Horsehair cord 34. Mesqiiite-tiber mpe 35. Bone awl 36. Wooden awls 37. S^ri arrowheads 38. Diagramuiatio outline of industrial deveh)pnu-nt -^^ 39. Mortuary olla 40. Womans fetishes 41. Food for the longjourne.v 42. Jlortuary cup 228229230230249 291291 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGN SEVENTEENTH AN NUAU REPOftT PL I
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I SLASiVNESTKBAN //■ J 1 ytt^uudw Santa Ana KAiichu San Francisco.,dp CoKtttRira- ^ ^V D Johiitiim, Topogi-apfit-r SERILAND W.r Mit;pr, KthnoloAisl in Charge THE SERI IISTDI^I^S By W .1 McGee INTRODUCTION Salient Features Something has been knowu of the Seri Indians (Seris, Ceris, Ceres,Heris, Tiburones) since the time of Coronado, yet they remain one of theleast-studied tribes of North America. The lirst systematic investiga-tion of the tribe was made in the course of expeditions by the Bureauof American Ethnology in 1894 and 1895; it was far from complete. The Seri Indians are a distinctive tribe iu habits, customs, and lan-guage, inhabiting Tiburon island in Gulf of California and a lim-ited adjacent area on the mainland of Sonora (Mexico). They callthemselves Kun-laalc or Kmile: then common appellation is fromthe Opata, and may be translated spry. Their habitat is arid andrugged, consisting chiefly of desert sands and naked mountain rocks,with permanent fresh water in only two o

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