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Title: Omaha Dwellings, Furniture and Implements
Thirteenth Annual Report of the Beaurau of American
Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
1891-1892, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1896
pages 263-288

Author: James Owen Dorsey,

Release Date: November 24, 2006 [EBook #19913]

Language: English

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OMAHA DWELLINGS, FURNITURE, AND IMPLEMENTS

BY

JAMES OWEN DORSEY

CONTENTS

Page
Introductory note 269
Dwellings 269
Earth lodges 269
Lodges of bark or mats 271
Skin lodges or tents 271
Furniture and implements 275
Fireplaces 275
Beds and bedding 275
Cradles 275
Children's swings 276
Brooms 276
Pottery 276
Mortars and pestles 276
Spoons, ladles, and drinking vessels 277
Water vessels