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Wii'ipay: The Living Rocks—Ethnographic Notes on Crystal Magic Among Some California Yumans

Year: 1978

Type: article

Abstract: This study presents new ethnographic data on the use of rock crystals as power objects among several Yuman groups in northern Baja California and southern Alta California. The first section deals specifically with the physical and conceptual properties of the stones themselves. This discussion includes a general description of the stones through a linguistic, geomorphological, and conceptual exegesis. The second section describes the relationship between a crystal charmstone and its owner by discussing how the stones are acquired and used.

Source: eScholarship (California Digital Library)

Author: Jerome M. Levi

Language: English

Topic: Indigenous Cultures and History

Subfield: Anthropology

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: University of California, Los Angeles

OpenAlex ID: W290920783

FWCI: 3.656

Cites: 7

Cited by: 17

Related to: 10