Lexicographical Neighbors of Potlaches
Literary usage of Potlaches
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Man by Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (1905)
"The most excessive death rate occurred in British Columbia, and is attributed to
the crowding together of the people at potlaches, and probably, too, ..."
2. The Development of Religion: A Study in Anthropology and Social Psychology by Irving King (1910)
"There were also social gatherings called potlaches, at which there was a general
distribution of presents by a wealthy individual or family. ..."
3. Handbook of Canada by Robert Ramsay Wright, James Mavor (1897)
"To Dr. Boas we owe our knowledge of the intricate social organization, and numerous
secret societies of the Kwakiutl, which, like the potlaches of the ..."
4. Handbook of Canada by Robert Ramsay Wright, James Mavor (1897)
"To Dr. Boas we owe our knowledge of the intricate social organization, and numerous
secret societies of the Kwakiutl, which, like the potlaches of the ..."
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