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Myths and Tales of the Matako Indians ( The Gran Chaco, Argentina )

Myths and Tales of the Matako Indians ( The Gran Chaco, Argentina ) Paperback - 1939

by Metraux, Alfred

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Goteborg, Sweden : Dr. Walter Kaudern, Gothenburg Ethnographical Museum, 1939. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front wrapper - "To G. Herzog with the compliments of A. Metraux". A wonderful folklore Association Copy, Alfred Metraux published landmark studies of South American Indians, Haitian Voodoo, and Easter Island. As a human rights leader he participated in the framing of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights and was a permanent member of UNESCO's Department of Social Science. George Herzog was a noted anthropologist, linguist, and ethnomusicologist who studied under Franz Boas at Columbia University and later assembled the Archives of Folk and Primitive Music at Columbia University. Reprinted without changes of paging from "Ethnological Studies, 9, 1939, the book is Very Good, light soiling and edge wear to wrappers. 127 pp. Stamped Herzog Collection at first page. SIGNED works by Metraux are RARE. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Reprint. Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy.
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  • Title Myths and Tales of the Matako Indians ( The Gran Chaco, Argentina )
  • Author Metraux, Alfred
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Publisher Dr. Walter Kaudern, Gothenburg Ethnographical Museum, Goteborg, Sweden
  • Date 1939
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 006603

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