Die Mbowamb. Die Kultur der Hagenberg-Stamme im Ostlichen Zentral-Neuguinea. Erster Band. I: Allgemeiner Teil. II: Materielle Kultur und Wirtschaft. III: Kunst, Musik, Tanz und Spiele
Hamburg, Cram, de Gruyter and Co., 1948.
Quarto, xvi, 264 pages with a map and 99 illustrations plus 23 pages of plates.
Binder's cloth (lettered in gilt on the spine) retaining the original printed card covers (the front one lightly stained and creased); minor signs of use (confined mainly to a few leaves); a very good copy with ownership details in ink on the inside front cover.
Monographien zur Volkerkunde, Number 1. This is the first of three volumes on the Mbowamb, Mount Hagen tribes in East Central New Guinea. The date of publication is printed '1943-1948'. Apparently, this volume was published in 1948; the other two volumes appeared in 1943 (Band II: I. Gesellschaft. II. Religion und Weltbild; Band III: Mythen und Erzählungen).
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