Limba notes : archive in photocopied typescripts / Simon Ottenberg. [1978-1998]

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Limba notes : archive in photocopied typescripts / Simon Ottenberg. [1978-1998]

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"The purpose of the research was to study the aesthetics of rituals of a Limba group in northern Sierra Leone, in the capital town of Bafodea Town in Wara Wara Bafodea Chiefdom, Koinadugu District. In addition numerous material objects were collected which are gradually being donated to the Michigan State [University] Museum"--Author's letter, March 12, 2000, included in archive.

13 v. (3376 leaves) in 2 boxes 27 x 33 x 42 cm.

Michigan State University Libraries, Main Library

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Michigan State University Libraries, Main Library

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Ottenberg, Simon

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Simon Ottenberg is emeritus professor of Anthropology at the University of Washington, Seattle, where he was a faculty member from 1955-1991. He received his PhD from Northwestern University in 1957. His advisor was Melville J. Herskovits, founder of the Program of African Studies. From the guide to the Simon Ottenberg Papers, 1950s-2000s, (Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies) ...