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Suriname folk-lore

Title
Suriname folk-lore, by Melville J. Herskovits and Frances S. Herskovits; with transcriptions of Suriname songs and musicological analysis, by Dr. M. Kolinski.
Author
Herskovits, Melville J. (Melville Jean), 1895-1963.
Publication
New York, Columbia University Press, 1936.

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Additional Authors
  • Herskovits, Frances S. (Frances Shapiro), 1897-1972.
  • Kolinski, Mieczyslaw.
Description
xx, [2], 766 p. xxvii pl. (incl. front., facsims., diagrs.) on 15 l.; 25 cm.
Series Statement
Columbia University contributions to anthropology, vol. XXVII
Uniform Title
Columbia University contributions to anthropology ; v. 27.
Subject
  • Folklore > Surinam
  • Black people > Suriname
  • Creole dialects, English > Texts
  • Music > Surinam
Note
  • Part of text in Creole with English translation.
  • Includes music.
Contents
I. Notes on the culture of the Paramaribo Negro. -- II. Stories, riddles, proverbs and dreams. -- III. Music. -- Appendices.--References (p. [761]-766)
LCCN
37015342
OCLC
  • ocm01441875
  • SCSB-1299452
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library