Carved Initiation Sticks and Bows from Taveta Kenya Colony – Lindblom, Gerhard

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Smärre Meddelanden No. 23

A specific ethnographic study detailing ritual objects used by the Taveta people, who reside near the Kenya-Tanzania border near Mount Kilimanjaro. The study focuses on the art and material culture associated with Taveta initiation ceremonies, specifically the symbolic carvings found on wooden sticks and miniature bows used during these transitions to adulthood. Bookplate on verso of cover. Owner’s stamp on half-title page. 30 Pages Condition: Very good. Binding: Softcover. Some light toning to edges.

Publisher: Ethnographical Museum of Sweden, Stockholm
Date Published: 1950
Publication Place: Stockholm

Condition: Very good.
Binding: Softcover.