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Washington DC: Government Printing Office. Fair with no dust jacket. 1929. First Edition; First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). 204 pages. With plates & illustrations. Slight wear & slight soiling to spine, covers & corners. ; Octavo (standard book size) .

Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1929. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket As Issued. Dark green cloth with gilt spine titles. 9.25 inches tall; 204 pp including index. Profusely illustrated with b/w photographic images and drawings. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Minimal shelf handling wear.. The book uses information obtained between 1907 and 1925 from members of the Chippewa tribe, on six reservations in Minnesota and Wisconsin and the Manitou Rapids Reserve in Ontario, Canada. The book describes various Chippewa customs. Subjects include: +++ tribe's name; +++ totemic system; +++ phonetics; +++ dwellings; +++ clothing; +++ treatment of the face; hair care and arrangement; food; +++  pastimes, and playthings of children; +++ puberty; courtship and marriage; +++ death, burial, and mourning; +++ significance of dreams; +++Midewiwin religion; stories and legends; music; dances; charms; games; +++… Leer más