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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PUBLICATIONS
IN

AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY AND ETHNOLOGY

Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 187-234, Pl. 20

August 7, 1908

THE CULTURE OF THE LUISENO INDIANS

BY

PHILIP STEDMAN SPARKMAN

BERKELEY

[1908]

Scanned, proofed and formatted at sacred-texts.com by John Bruno Hare, April 2008. This text is in the public domain in the US because it was published prior to 1923.

GROUND-PAINTING AT BOYS’ AND GIRLS’ PUBERTY CEREMONIES.
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GROUND-PAINTING AT BOYS’ AND GIRLS’ PUBERTY CEREMONIES.

1. Hunwut tukwut, bear panther.
2. Changichnish, raven.
3. Showut, black-rattlesnake.
4. Kuihengish, black spider.
5. Apmikat.
6. Pidpidiwut, breaker.
7. Kulawut, stick.
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