Author: Frobenius, Leo.
Title: Morphology of the African bow-weapon. Translated from the German by Blanche Lommel.
Description: Berlin & Leipzig, Walter de Gruyter & Co., 1932. 44 pages text. 288 b./w. text-ills by E. Mannsfeld with the assistance of A. Schulz & 26 fold. col. maps by Ludwig Ritter von Wilm. Loose (as issued) in modern hardcover portfolio (black cloth, gilt lettering on spine). Large 4to.Rare ethnological work by Leo Frobenius on the history and morphology of the various wooden bow weapons in Africa and their distribution. The maps come from the Atlas Africanus, published by the Becksche Verlagsbuchhandlung in Mümchen in 1921-1931. - This compilation was only published in English-language edition. A German-language edition can only be found in the context of the main work Atlas Africanus. - - Leo Viktor Frobenius (29 June 1873 - 9 August 1938) was a German self-taught ethnologist and archaeologist and a major figure in German ethnography.

Keywords: Ethnography Africa Etnografie Afrika