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Die Masken und Geheimbünde Afrikas

by Leo Frobenius

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: German
  • Content type: Primary source
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For a translation into English of Chapter 2, pages 31-35, see African Art Vertical Files, VF-- Masks and Masquerades--General. This section discusses a few masquerades, dances and customs in south central Africa, including Angola, Tanzania, and Botswana

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Initiatory orders and secret societies.

  • Initiatory orders and secret societies

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Secret societies”. Retained metadata contains “Secret societies” in the subject metadata.

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1898E. Karras; Halle : E. KarrasGerman—Public

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1898Druck von E. KarrasGerman—No ebook

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  • Contributing institution: Harvard University
  • Contributing institution: Smithsonian Libraries
  • Digitization sponsor: Google
  • Digitization sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries
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openlibrary-work:OL17050185W
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