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Tribes

Title
Tribes / by Art Wolfe with Deirdre Skillman ; introduction by David Maybury-Lewis ; foreword by Iman.
Author
Wolfe, Art.
Publication
New York : C. Potter, ©1997.

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Additional Authors
  • Maybury-Lewis, David
  • Skillman, Deirdre.
Description
160 pages : color illustrations; 35 cm
Summary
From the rainforests of South America across the African savannas to the mountainous regions of Asia and Oceania, Wolfe captures in extraordinary photographs the rich cultures of 35 of the world's indigenous peoples, many threatened with extinction. 120 color photos.
Subject
  • Indigenous peoples > Pictorial works
  • Clothing and dress > Pictorial works
  • Indigenous peoples
  • Clothing and dress
Genre/Form
  • illustrated books.
  • Illustrated works.
  • Pictorial works.
  • Ouvrages illustrés.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Introduction / David Maybury-Lewis -- Foreword / Iman -- Tribes of the Lower Omo River: Ethiopia -- The Maasai and Samburu: Kenya -- Kikuyu Ingoma Dancer: Kenya -- The San of the Kalahari: Botswana -- The Akha and Lisu Hill Tribes: Thailand -- The Dani of the Grand Valley: Irian Jaya, Indonesia -- Singsing: Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea -- Aboriginals: Australia -- Polynesian Tattoo -- Native Americans: United States and Canada -- From the Amazon to the Andes: Two Tribes of Peru -- A Kwarup Ceremony, or Feast of the Dead: Yawalapiti Village, Xingu Indian Park, Brazil -- The Kayapo of Kapoto Village: Para, Brazil -- The Yanomano of the Sierra Parima: Venezuela.
ISBN
  • 0517703688
  • 9780517703687
LCCN
96050275
OCLC
  • ocm35986400
  • 35986400
  • SCSB-2127305
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library