Uitoto Religion and Mythology from Amazonia

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PREUSS, Konrad Theodor. Religion und Mythologie der Uitoto. Text recordings and observations among an Indian tribe in Colombia, South America. Göttingen, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1921. Quarto, VI & 760 pages, cardboard binding, binding damaged, title page torn, otherwise quite good copy. (Sources of Religious History). 2 volumes. With 1 map sketch and 6 illustrations on 3 plates. Including an extensive dictionary in the second volume. PREUSS conducted an ethnological and archaeological research expedition to Colombia in 1913, where he spent considerable time among the Uitoto of the Orteguasa (tributary of the Amazon) and among the Kagaba of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.