Search Results: Ethnography from The Owl at the Bridge

"This paper is the very beginning of a new research project on early modern ethnographical texts started in September 2009 thanks to the generous support of the John Carter Brown Library. I very much welcome any comments and suggestions." Typescript; 33 pages written on one side only. Stock#ofc0501.

Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott, 1923. Hard Cover. 316 p. 47 illustrations, 3 maps (1 fold. 36x36 cm.) 22 cm. A "study of the ethnography of the Bakaonde and their neighbours inhabiting the Kasempa district of northern Rhodesia." Stock# 30,154. Vg/ no dj.

Danske Bogsamleres Klub, København 1957. Soft Cover. 206 p., photos, part unopened; 21.5 cm. In Danish. Ethnographic essays include Helge Larsen, En alaskaeskimoisk boplads i nutid og fortid; Jørgen Meldgaard, Eskimo-arkæologien i etnografiens tjeneste; Birket-Smith, Indianerliv i nordens skove; George Nellemann, Renen som husdyr; Jens Yde, Året rundt hos inkaerne; Niels Fock, Waiwai-indianerne i Amazon-landets regnskove; Johs. Nicolaisen, Slægt og samfund hos tuaregerne; Klaus Ferdinand, Nomadestudier i Afghanistan; Prins Peter, Polyandri i Tibet og Indien; Halfdan Siiger, Lepchaerne i Himalaya og deres bjergreligion; Martha Boyer, Silkevejen; Inger Wulff, Nicobarerne-- en gammel dansk koloni og dens befolkning. Paper covers; minor wear; VG. stock#45044.

Museum of Primitive Art, NY, 1968. Soft Cover. 17 p.; 28 cm. "This bibliography is designed as a survey of the writings on Benin art." Contents include Art, History (Chronicles & Travelers' Accounts; General Historical Studies), Anthropology (Ethnography & Ethnology; District Officers' Reports), and Linguistics. Stapled in printed wraps; minor wear; VG. stock#45031.