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Author Herskovits, Melville J. (Melville Jean), 1895-1963.

Title Suriname folk-lore / by Melville J. Herskovits and Frances S. Herskovits. With transcriptions of Suriname songs and musicological analysis by M. Kolinski.

Publication Info. New York : AMS Press, [1969]

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  E51 .C7 vol. 27 1969    Available  ---
Description xx, 766 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series Columbia University contributions to anthropology ; v. 27
Columbia University contributions to anthropology ; v. 27.
Note Reprint of the 1936 ed.
Includes unacc. melodies, principally with words. Part of text in Negro-English with English translation.
Contents Notes on the culture of the Paramaribo Negro.--Stories, riddles, proverbs, and dreams.--Music.--Appendices.--Bibliography (p. [761]-766)
Subject Folklore -- Suriname.
Folklore.
Suriname.
Black people -- Suriname.
Black people.
Black people -- Suriname -- Folklore.
Genre/Form Folklore.
Subject Music -- Suriname.
Music.
Added Author Herskovits, Frances S. (Frances Shapiro), 1897-1972.
Kolinski, Mieczyslaw.