- This rare and important book on the ethnology of part of East Africa was published almost a hundred years ago
The 24 chapters include:
- Law
- Land tenure
- Marriage laws
- Periods of life
- Food and drink
- Huts and cattle
- Arts and crafts
- Dress, tattooing and teeth-filing
- Weapons and warfare
- Art, music and dancing
- Religion
- Folk-lore
- Riddles
- Natural history
Grey-green cloth-boards with gilt lettering to the spine, plain endpapers, 284 pp of prelims, text and index, with frontispiece, 27 other illustrations in the text and two maps, including a large folding one at the back, plus publisher's announcements (all illustrated)
- Lightly rubbed boards and spine, lightly sunned endpapers and scattered light foxing to early leaves (see images)
A very good copy overall, with the small defects listed - tight and square binding and contents complete, unmarked and otherwise undiscoloured
- Binding Condition: Very Good
- Overall Condition: Very Good
- Size: 205 x 135 x 40; 0.6 kg
- Sold By: Fontein Books
- Contact Person: Richard Proctor-Sims
- Country: South Africa
- Email: [email protected]
- Telephone: 051 773 0050/048 079 546 4032
- Preferred Payment Methods: Eft (South Africa), SWIFT (rest of world), or $ checks for US or Australian buyers
- Trade Associations: AA Approved
