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Suriname folk-lore / by Melville J. Herskovits and Frances S. Herskovits ; with transcriptions of Suriname songs and musicological analysis by Dr. M. Kolinski.
LIBRA 572C C729 v.37
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Herskovits, Melville J. (Melville Jean), 1895-1963.
- Series:
- Columbia University contributions to anthropology ; v. 27.
- Columbia University contributions to anthropology ; v. 27
- Language:
- English
- Sranan
- Subjects (All):
- Folklore--Suriname.
- Folklore.
- Black people--Suriname--Folklore.
- Black people.
- Sranan language--Texts.
- Sranan language.
- Creole dialects, English--Suriname--Texts.
- Creole dialects, English.
- Music--Suriname.
- Music.
- Suriname.
- Genre:
- Texts.
- Folklore.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 766 pages, 15 pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Other Title:
- Suriname folklore
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, 1936.
- Language Note:
- Part of text in Sranan with English translation.
- Contents:
- Notes on the culture of the Paramaribo Negro
- Stories, riddles, proverbs and dreams
- Music.
- Notes:
- Includes music.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [761]-766).
- Other Format:
- Online version: Herskovits, Melville J. (Melville Jean), 1895-1963. Suriname folk-lore.
- OCLC:
- 1441875
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