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The Lepcha legend of the building of the towerarticle 1953 • Nebesky-Wojkowitz, René de & Ziolkowski, Theodore
Lepcha • Asia > Central Asia
This article consists of two versions of a Lepcha legend concerning the building of a tower of pots to the sky. This legend parallels in many respects the story of the Tower of Babel. The auth...New acquisitions from Sikkim and Tibetarticle 1953 • Nebesky-Wojkowitz, René de & Ziolkowski, Theodore
Lepcha • Asia > Central Asia
This brief source is mainly a listing of the items acquired for the collections of the Museum für Völkerkunde in Vienna by Nebesky-Wojkowitz during his field trip to Sikkim in 1950-1953, inclu...In Namaland and the Kalaharibook chapter 1907 • Schultze, Leonhard Sigmund et al.
Khoi • Africa > Southern Africa
Schultze, a zoologist at the University of Jena, based this thorough and comprehensive study on fieldwork done during a three-year stay in the area. The source includes portions on physical an...