Les Tribus du Rameau Lobi
Author: H. LABOURET
Material Type: general or thematic Work
Publisher: Institute of Ethnology, University of Paris / Works and Memoirs of the Institute of Ethnology. – XV, Paris, 1931. Hardcover binding percaline dark green grief over half of the time, back smoothes decorated, gilded head (Barast binding). Very good condition, in-4, 19 x 27 cm.
Content: 512 p, 138 ill. col., 95 b / w photos, 31 pl.n / b, 33 drawings, 7 shots, 7 maps, tables, appendix, index.
Additional information: original edition, limited release. Book sold very rare and sought after by collectors and scientists for his comprehensive study on the “Tribes of Rameau Lobi“.
State of the work: Very good condition
Description
Ethnographic monograph on Lobi of West Africa (Upper Volta), which relate to some neighboring tribes such as Birifor, Oulé, Dian Gan, Teguessié, Dorossié. This study is divided into seven chapters concerning:
1 – The environment. Its history. Its inhabitants.
2 – Techniques. Industries. Science.
3 – Aesthetics.
4 – The Company.
5 – Economic conditions.
6 – The law and morality.
7 – religion and magic and containing 31 boards inset photographs in fine. The author, Henri Labouret (1878-1959), visited eleven years through the Lobi country. It exposes us, such a direct way possible observations collected in the subdivision of Diébougou and within the circle of Gaoua.
Additional information
| Weight | 1210 g |
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| Dimensions | 19 × 27 cm |
