Notebook of a Cherokee Shaman

Publication

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St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Notebook of a Cherokee Shaman

Entry/Object ID

L9999.999.731

Description

Notebook of a Cherokee Shaman. Print of a notebook manuscript of Cherokee Shaman born in 1896. Includes autobiographical and demographical jotting, a short account of his war experiences, and texts of shaman chants for various ailments and situations. Some of the texts include--To doctors for insects; to attract a woman; to put a woman to sleep; for spider bite; for tonsillitis, when his(her) intestines come alive. Pages starting with 83-125. 43/Softbound.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Pamphlet

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Shamans, Medicine

Search Terms

Native American, Cherokee

Publication Details

Author

Kilpatrick Jack, F. and Anna G. Kilpatrick

Place Published

City

Washington, D.C.

Date Published

1970

Call No.

Ethnology KI

LCCN

76-603605

Notes

Copy No.: 1

Condition

Overall Condition

Good