Religion & Art in Ashanti
Rattray, R S
Published by Oxford University Press, 1959
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hardback, octavo, a very good tightly bound copy with a clean and unmarked text and in a price clipped but well preserved dust jacket, frontis, b&w plates, xviii + 414pp. Seller Inventory # 278197
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Title: Religion & Art in Ashanti
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date: 1959
Binding: hardback
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
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RELIGION & ART IN ASHANTI. With Chapters by G. T. Bennett, Vernon Blake, H. Dudley Buxton, R. R. Marett, C. G. Seligman.
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Oxford. The Clarendon Press., 1969
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Hardcover
Seller: The Antique Bookshop & Curios (ANZAAB), Crows Nest, NSW, Australia
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(rep) Or.bds. Dustjacket. 414pp. Top corner of ffe missing. b/w ills. Dj sl.soiled & torn else a very good copy. First printed in 1927, Robert Rattray spent many years among the Ashanti people of West Africa to learn their religious customs, & meaning behind much of their art. The Ashanti live in present day Ghana. Seller Inventory # 207651
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Religion & Art in Ashanti.
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Oxford University Press, 1959
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Seller: books4less (Versandantiquariat Petra Gros GmbH & Co. KG), Welling, Germany
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gebundene Ausgabe. Condition: Gut. 414 Seiten; Das hier angebotene Buch stammt aus einer teilaufgelösten Bibliothek und kann die entsprechenden Kennzeichnungen aufweisen (Rückenschild, Instituts-Stempel.); der Buchzustand ist ansonsten ordentlich und dem Alter entsprechend gut. In ENGLISCHER Sprache. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1060. Seller Inventory # 2125020
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Religion and Art in Ashanti.
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Seller: Berkelouw Rare Books, Berrima, NSW, Australia
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London: Oxford University Press 1954. 8vo. Orig. cloth. Dustjacket chipped and worn. xviii 416pp. With frontisp. and 278 illusts. Seller Inventory # 196332
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Religion and Art in Ashanti
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Oxford University Press, London, 1954
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Edinburgh Books, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Second Impression. 1954. Second impression of the 1927 first edition. xviii, 414pp., a frontispiece and 278 black and white illustrations (mostly on plates). Robert Sutherland Rattray (1881-1938) was an early Africanist and student of the Ashanti. In 1906 he joined the Gold Coast Customs Service, and in 1911 he became the assistant District Commissioner at Ejura. Learning local languages, he was appointed head of the Anthropological Department of Asante in 1921. He retired in 1930. This volume is the second of Rattray's three ethnographic studies of the Ashanti, and completes the general survey of religious beliefs begun in 'Ashant'. Detailed data are presented on the form and importance of ancestor worship, spirits and gods, fetishes, oaths, and taboos in Ashanti religious beliefs and practices; arts and crafts surveyed, ceremonial rites are described, and various rites of passage, including customs related to birth, puberty, marriage, and death, are discussed and analyzed. In addition to Rattray's data, this volume contains contributions from a number of authorities as follows: C.G. Seligman, Dreams and Dream Interpretation; L.H. Dudley Buxton, The Biological Significance of Cross-Cousin Marriages in Ashanti; Vernon Blake, The Aesthetic of Ashant; G.T. Bennett, Wari; and R.R. Marett, Some General Aspects of the Ashanti Religion. The book is bound in the original dark blue cloth covered boards with gold titling on the spine. The case of the book is in very good condition with shelf wear and light soiling on the boards and a patch of slight fading, probably the result of water or damp, around the bottom corner of the rear board. The spine is slightly faded with bumping to the spine ends. The contents are tight and clean with browning to the free endpapers. There is an interesting handwritten label with five signatures on the front free endpaper indicating that the book was a gift for meritorious service rendered to the Bekwai Branch of the Agricultural Workers. PLEASE NOTE: Heavyish book so a little extra may be needed for shipping to non-UK customers. Seller Inventory # gAfricaWest15
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Seller: Strand Book Store, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo. 1st edition. Light bumping and rubbing to extremities of boards and spine with gentle board exposure to forecorners. Red cloth bindings somewhat rubbed and darkened. Several small tears to head of spine with creasing and fraying to both ends. Leaves moderately toned throughout. One leaf seperated from textblock and laid in. Some gentle soiling to f.f.e.p. P.o. name inked to f.f.e.p. VG. Seller Inventory # 3231197
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Religion and Art in Ashanti
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Oxford University Press, London, 1959
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Hardcover
Seller: Kenneth Mallory Bookseller ABAA, Decatur, GA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Hardcover. Third Printing. xviii, 398pp+ index. Bookplate on front pastedown, else a very good hardback in a lightly rubbed jacket. Seller Inventory # 64160
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Religion and Art in Ashanti. By Capt. R.S. Rattray ; with chapters by G.T. Bennett, Vernon Blake, H. Dudley Buxton, R.R. Marett, C.G. Seligman.
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Oxford, The Clarendon Press., 1954
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Inanna Rare Books Ltd., Skibbereen, CORK, Ireland
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Second Impression of the First Edition. 23 cm. xviii, 414 pages, 1 leaf. Frontispiece, 278 illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector's mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear of fraying to the jacket. With an appreciation card pasted onto the front free endpaper: "An Appreciation from J.E.Ayittey, D.K. Appiah, A.K.Inkoom - Members of the Staff of the Gold Coast District Manager's Office, Accra to J.R.Wilkinson, Esq. Includes chapters on The Fetiish (Suman) / Religion and lower graded spiritual powers - souls of trees, plants and animals / Fairies, Forest Monsters and Witches / The Training of Medicine Men and Priests / Birth / Puberty / Atopere Dance of Death / Funerals of Kings / The Odiwara Ceremony / Funeral Rites for Ordinary Individuals / Rites de Passage / Dreams and Dream Interpretation / Sprache: english. Seller Inventory # 101507AB
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