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The fetish folk of West Africa
- Title
- The fetish folk of West Africa / by Robert H. Milligan ; illustrated.
- Author
- Milligan, Robert H.
- Publication
- New York : Chicago ; Toronto ; London ; and Edinburgh : Fleming H. Revell Company, [1912]
- ©1912.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Fleming H. Revell Company, publisher.
- Description
- 328 pages, [16] leaves of plates : illustrations; 22 cm.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
- Subjects
- Note
- With a half-title; advertisement for other work by author on verso of half-title page.
- "London and Edinburgh" follow the publisher's name in imprint on title page.
- "Copyright, 1912, by Fleming H. Revell Company."--verso of title page.
- Provenance (note)
- is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.
- Contents
- 1. The white man's grave -- 2. "The wise ones" -- 3. A dying tribe -- 4. A living remnant -- 5. African music -- 6. Pests -- 7. The "cannibal" fang -- 8. Manners and customs -- 9. Funeral customs -- 10. The "Dorothy" -- 11. Schoolboys -- 12. A school -- 13. The mental degredation of Fetishism -- 14. The moral degredation of Fetishism -- 15. Fetishism and the cross -- 16. Missions and social progress -- 17. The critics -- 18. Saints among savages.
- Call Number
- Sc 916.72-M (Milligan, R. H. Fetish folk of West Africa)
- LCCN
- 13000925
- OCLC
- 3256770
- NYPGR3256770-B
- Author
- Milligan, Robert H., author.
- Title
- The fetish folk of West Africa / by Robert H. Milligan ; illustrated.
- Publisher
- New York : Chicago ; Toronto ; London ; and Edinburgh : Fleming H. Revell Company, [1912]
- Copyright Date
- ©1912.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Provenance
- Copy in Sc 916.72-M (accession no. B429207) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Fleming H. Revell Company, publisher.Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.
- Research Call Number
- Sc 916.72-M (Milligan, R. H. Fetish folk of West Africa)QPE (Milligan, R. H. Fetish folk of West Africa)