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Woman in ancient Africa / by Heinrich Loth ; translated from the German by Sheila Marnie.
Van Pelt Library HQ1137.A35 L6813 1987
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Loth, Heinrich.
- Standardized Title:
- Frau im alten Afrika. English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Africa--History.
- Women.
- History.
- Africa--Social life and customs.
- Africa.
- Manners and customs.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 189 pages, 3 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Lawrence Hill & Company, 1987.
- Contents:
- The Legal Situation. Matrilinearity-patrilinearity; Queens, princesses, court ladies and Amazons; Life in the towns of the old kingdom
- Love, Marriage and Family. Family and society; Premarital relationships and marriage; Childbirth, child-rearing and initiation
- Home and Hearth. Food gathering and preparation; Craft-work activities; Work and formal dress, jewellery, body care; Healing
- Wome and Religious Cults
- African women and Art.
- Notes:
- Drawings and design: Sonja Wunderlich.
- Text printed in two columns.
- Translation of: Die Frau im Alten Afrika published by Edition Leipzig, 1987.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-186) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- Banks Collection copy has dust jacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 0882082183
- OCLC:
- 250085803
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