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Book of the Hopi: Drawings and Source Material Recorded by Oswalf White Bear Fredericks (inscribed By White Bear of the Hopi Tribe)
by Waters, Frank
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About This Item
New York; (1964): The Viking Press. First Edition. Large Octavo. 2nd printing. Signed and inscribed by White Bear. 347 pages, with Hopi glossary, illustrated with photographic images. The drawings and source material recorded by Oswald White Bear Fredericks. Thirty elders of the Hopi tribe of Northern Arizona met to offer these accounts. The first two parts deal with the Hopi Bible and part one deals with Creation Myth of three previous worlds, of their destruction, and of the Hopi's emergence. The second part speaks of their exodus until they arrived at Oraibi. A fine copy bound in 1/4 tan cloth over brown cloth, spine lettered and decorated in light blue, top edge light blue in a near fine pictorial dust jacket with slight wear to head.
Synopsis
In this unique collection, some thirty Hopi elders reveal for the first time in written form the Hopi world-view.
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- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 031355
- Title
- Book of the Hopi: Drawings and Source Material Recorded by Oswalf White Bear Fredericks (inscribed By White Bear of the Hopi Tribe)
- Author
- Waters, Frank
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York; (1964)
- Keywords
- White Bear (hopi tribe); Oraibi and the Hopi
- Bookseller catalogs
- Indian History and Art; New Mexico;
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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Scottsdale, Arizona
About Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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- Jacket
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- Octavo
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