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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 author includes an explanation of the two versions. Included i...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, including Lepcha and Tibetan materials. Of special interest is ...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 anthropology, linguistics and the folklore of the Nama, incl...