Author: LOWIE, ROBERT H.
Title: The Crow Indians
Description: New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Incorporated, 1935. Hardcover. ISBN: 0399116338. A first edition of Robert H. Lowie's examination of the culture of the Crow Indian tribe. Originally, the tribe's homeland was present-day Ohio, but conflicts with other tribes caused them to push westward, eventually to the plains of present-day Montana. The author describes various rituals, dances and tribal customs. With numerous plates bearing black & white photos, as well as illustrations. --- In full blue cloth-covered boards with blue titling to cover & spine. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- This well-used copy once the property of a [college?] Department of Anthropology, with two of their rubberstampings. Also with cracks to paper at front and rear gutters, prior owners' signatures to front endpapers, sunned spine and chafing to cloth; frequent penciled underlinings and notations throughout the text and dampstains. A weakened front hinge has been carefully repaired on this item. Though not lacking in damages, the book is intact and fully readable.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; xxii, 350 pages. Fair with no dust jacket .

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