Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians 8 8
Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians 8 8
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S. A. , place their dead in carved wooden sarcophagi, inclosing these with arectangular tent of some white material. Some of the tribes of thenorthwest coast bury in houses similar to those shown in Figure 12.
Bancroft[61] states that certain of the Indians of Costa Rica, when adeath occurred, deposited the body in a small hut constructed of plaitedpalm reeds. In this it is preserved for three years, food beingsupplied, and on each anniversary of the death it is redressed andattended to amid ce...rtain ceremonies. The writer has been recentlyinformed that a similar custom prevailed in Demerara. No authenticaccounts are known of analogous modes of burial among the peoples of theOld World, although quite frequently the dead were interred beneath thefloors of their houses, a custom which has been followed by the MosquitoIndians of Central America and one or two of our own tribes.
BOX-BURIAL Under this head may be placed those examples furnished by certain tribeson the northwest coast who used as receptacles for the dead wonderfullycarved, large wooden chests, these being supported upon a low platformor resting on the ground.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
S. A. , place their dead in carved wooden sarcophagi, inclosing these with arectangular tent of some white material. Some of the tribes of thenorthwest coast bury in houses similar to those shown in Figure 12.
Bancroft[61] states that certain of the Indians of Costa Rica, when adeath occurred, deposited the body in a small hut constructed of plaitedpalm reeds. In this it is preserved for three years, food beingsupplied, and on each anniversary of the death it is redressed andattended to amid ce...rtain ceremonies. The writer has been recentlyinformed that a similar custom prevailed in Demerara. No authenticaccounts are known of analogous modes of burial among the peoples of theOld World, although quite frequently the dead were interred beneath thefloors of their houses, a custom which has been followed by the MosquitoIndians of Central America and one or two of our own tribes.
BOX-BURIAL Under this head may be placed those examples furnished by certain tribeson the northwest coast who used as receptacles for the dead wonderfullycarved, large wooden chests, these being supported upon a low platformor resting on the ground.
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