Natalie Curtis – the Indians Book, illustrated from photographs and drawings by Indians – 1935

Oorspronkelijke gedecoreerde linnen band xxxvi, (iv), 584 pp. + 34 (coloured) plates and photo portraits - 26 x 18 cm.Met het stofomslag!Volledige titel: The indians' Book an offering by the American Indians of Indian Lore, Musical and Narrative, to form a record of the songs and legends of their race; recorded and edited by Natalie Curtis.'The Indians are the authors of this volume. The songs and stories are theirs; the drawings, cover- design and title-pages were made by them. The work of the recorder has been but collecting, editing, and arranging of the Indians' contributions.'Conditie: Boek uitstekend, Stofomslag redelijk-goed , beschermd door los mylar- protection folie. Boek uitzonderlijk gaaf, stevig exemplaar met gave scharnieren zowel aan de buiten- als aan de binnenzijde.inhoud:Preface, Foreword, IntroductionEastern Indians -WabanakiPlains Indians -organization, Holy medicine Man, Dakota, Pawnee, Cheyenne, Arapaho, KiowaLake Indians -WinnebagoNorthwestern Indians -KwakiutlSouthwestern Indians -Pima, Apache, Mojave-Apache, Yuma, NavajoPueblo Indians -Zuni, San Juan, Acoma, Laguna, HopiAppendixIndex'Natalie Curtis Burlin (1875 - 1921) was an American ethnomusicologist. Curtis, along with Alice Cunningham Fletcher and Frances Densmore, was one of a small group of women doing important ethnological studies in North America at the beginning of the 20th century. She is remembered for her transcriptions and... lees verder bij Catawiki