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The Lango. A Nilotic Tribe of Uganda [1st Ed., Association Copy] by Driberg, J. H - 1923

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The Lango. A Nilotic Tribe of Uganda [1st Ed., Association Copy] by Driberg, J. H - 1923

The Lango. A Nilotic Tribe of Uganda [1st Ed., Association Copy]

by Driberg, J. H

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London: T. Fisher Unwin Ltd, 1923 468pp, deckled page edges, bound in blue cloth, gilt still bright, binding tight, back hinge starting to crack. Complete with 23 photographic illustrationsm as called for, as well as the folding map [no tears]. Contents include *History *Environment * Mode of Life - Dances, Games Food, War, etc. *Social Organization *Religion and Magic - Jok, Winyo, Tipo, Withcraft, etc. *Grammar *Fables and more. From the personal collection of Lorna Marshall (1898-2002], a well known anthropologist that lived among the !Kung people of the Kalahari Desert, and author of several books based on her studies. Occasional foxing, cover corners are bumped.
  • Bookseller Monroe Bridge Books US (US)
  • Format/Binding Hardcover
  • Book Condition Used - Good++
  • Quantity Available 1
  • Edition First Edition
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher T. Fisher Unwin Ltd
  • Place of Publication London
  • Date Published 1923
  • Keywords Uganda Lango Nilotic Tribe Ethnology African Native Tribe Tribal Zulu Basuto Basutoland Fauna Climate Geography Ceremony Ceremonies Superstition Magic Divination Games Witchcraft Musical Instruments Music Hunting Dancing Language Fables Tales Stories Map
  • Size 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

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The Lango, A Nilotic Tribe of Uganda
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The Lango, A Nilotic Tribe of Uganda

by J.H. Driberg

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London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1923. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Good. 10" by 7". Not Stated. A very smart, first edition copy of this scarce anthropological work on the Lango people of Uganda, fully illustrated and in the incredibly scarce original dust wrapper. A fascinating and very comprehensive ethnographic and anthropological work on the Lango people, a Nilotic ethic group in Uganda. Written in the early twentieth century by Jack Herbert Driberg, a British anthropologist and part of the Uganda protectorate. Including a foreword by Sir Robert Thorne Coryndon, former Governor of the Uganda Protectorate. Including a frontispiece, eleven additional plates, and a folding map to the rear. Collated and complete. In the original, unclipped dust wrapper, incredibly scarce in this state.  In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with just some light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper is slightly sunned, and… Read More
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