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INDIAN MASKS & MYTHS OF THE WEST
by Wherry, Joseph H
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
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Berkeley, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Funk & Wagnalls, 1969. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Illustrated brown linen boards/Fine. DJ/NF w/light rubs to surfaces, leading edges & corner tips. Maps to endpapers. Symbolic meanings embedded in ancient Native American Indian masks used in both tradtional religious rituals and secular drama, particularly in the American West. 273 pgs augmented by b/w photos in 8 chapters: 1, The People & the Far West Culture Regions; 2, Creation & the Beginning of Light; 3, Migration Myths & Other Adventures; 4, The Spirits of Fire & Rain; 5, Monsters & Giants; 6, The Mystical Way of Life; 7,The High Dieties --- Creators & Protectors; and 8, Mask & Their Use in Religious Ceremonies. Fine copy in a tired dustjacket.
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- Bookseller
- 100 POCKETS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006991
- Title
- INDIAN MASKS & MYTHS OF THE WEST
- Author
- Wherry, Joseph H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Thus
- Publisher
- Funk & Wagnalls
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- Religion/Spirituality/Native Americans/West Coast/Ceremonial Masks
- Bookseller catalogs
- Arts & Crafts; Anthropology/Ethnology;
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