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The Todas

Title: The Todas / by W.H.R. Rivers.
Author: Rivers, W. H. R. (William Halse Rivers), 1864-1922
Publication: London : Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1906.

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Description

xviii pages, 1 leaf, 755 pages : frontispiece (folded map) illustrations, folded genealogical tables; 23 cm

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Note

Bibliography: p. [731]-733. "List of Toda villages": p. [734]-737. "List of plants": p. 738-739. "Glossary": p. [741]-748.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [731]-733. "List of Toda villages": pages [734]-737. "List of plants": pages 738-739. "Glossary": pages [741]-748)

Contents

Intro. -- Toda people -- Dairies & buffaloes -- Village dairy -- Ti dairy -- Buffalo migrations -- Ordination ceremonies -- Special dairy ceremonies -- Toda gods -- Prayer -- Dairy ritual -- Divination, magic -- Sacrifice & offerings -- Birth & childhood ceremonies -- Funeral ceremonies -- Sacred days & numbers -- Sacred places & objects -- Toda religion -- Genealogies & population -- Kinship -- Marriage -- Social organisation -- Arts & amusements -- Language -- Personal names -- Relations with other tribes -- Clans of Todas -- Teivaliol & Tartharol -- Origin & history of Todas -- Appendix 1, 2: bibliog., 3: list of villages, 4: list of plants -- Glossary.

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07018149

OCLC

ocm03359858
3359858
SCSB-165883

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Princeton University Library