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Title: Where the two came to their father. A Navaho war ceremonial given by Jeff King.
Description: Princeton,1991. 3th ed. Paperback. 96 pp. With 18 plates. (Bollingen Series). Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : very good. - This work takes its title from the richly symbolic creation legend of the Navaho people, which they incorporated into their blessing ceremony for tribe members headed to battle. Having observed this rite during World War II, when native Americans were for the first time drafted into the U.S. military, ethnologist Maud Oakes recorded the legend and made reproductions of the beautiful ceremonial paintings, given to her by the medicine man Jeff King. Originally printed separately in a portfolio, the text and eighteen paintings are now available as a bound book. ISBN 9780691020693.

Keywords: ANTHROPOLOGY, mythology

Price: EUR 12.50 = appr. US$ 13.59 Seller: Kloof Booksellers & Scientia Verlag
- Book number: %23116273