Uitoto Religion and Mythology

Description

PREUSS, Konrad Theodor. Religion und Mythologie der Uitoto. Text recordings and observations among an indigenous tribe in Colombia, South America. Göttingen, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1921. In-4°, VI & 760 pages, paperboard binding, binding damaged, title page torn, otherwise quite good condition. (Sources of Religious History series). 2 volumes. With 1 map sketch and 6 illustrations on 3 plates. Includes extensive vocabulary dictionary in the second volume. PREUSS conducted an ethnological and archaeological research expedition to Colombia in 1913, where he spent extended time among the Uitoto of the Orteguasa, a tributary of the Amazon, and among the Kagaba of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.