TY - BOOK ID - 1062208 TI - Hopi Indian altar iconography PY - 1987 VL - 5 SN - 9004079300 9789004079304 9004664270 PB - Leiden: Brill, DB - UniCat KW - Hopi [culture or style] KW - Comparative religion KW - Ethnology. Cultural anthropology KW - Iconography KW - Arizona KW - Hopi art KW - Hopi Indians KW - Indians of North America KW - Religion KW - Religion and mythology KW - Art KW - 299.73 KW - -Hopi Indians KW - -Indians of North America KW - -Hopi art KW - -Moki Indians KW - Moqui Indians KW - Tusayan Indians KW - Shoshonean Indians KW - Art, Hopi KW - Art, American KW - American aborigines KW - American Indians KW - First Nations (North America) KW - Indians of the United States KW - Indigenous peoples KW - Native Americans KW - North American Indians KW - Godsdiensten van de Noordamerikaanse Indianen of Roodhuiden KW - Culture KW - Ethnology KW - Hopi art. KW - Religion. KW - -Godsdiensten van de Noordamerikaanse Indianen of Roodhuiden KW - 299.73 Godsdiensten van de Noordamerikaanse Indianen of Roodhuiden KW - -Art, Hopi KW - Moki Indians KW - Hopis (Indiens). Rites. Iconographie. KW - Hopi-Indianen. Riten. Iconografie. KW - Hopi Indians - Religion KW - Hopi Indians - Religion and mythology KW - Hopi Indians - Art KW - Indians of North America - Arizona - Religion and mythology KW - Indians of North America - Arizona - Art KW - Arizona [state] KW - Rites and ceremonies. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:1062208 AB - This study focuses on the altars of the major annual Hopi ceremonials which display ritual objects, the possession and use of which give religious and secular power. With the importance of such objects in mind, an iconographic study of Hopi religion is particularly illuminating. This study aims to demonstrate how to view Hopi altars and is supplemented by a theory of the mechanics of efficacy in the Hopi altar context. The text provides a general introduction to Hopi religious practice and distinguishes three levels of information: 1. the calendrical and ritual contexts of Hopi altars, 2. the functions of these altars within those contexts, and 3. the iconography and iconology of the altars, understood here in a literal sense as the study of the forms and structures of the altars on the one hand and the study of the implicit and explicit symbology of the altars on the other. The book provides keys to understanding through exemplification and typology, and is meant to be of particular use to museums and research libraries. ER -