Calcutta. Shillong. 1960. Endpaper maps, black and white photographic illustrations and line drawings, 110pp, index, bibliography, glossary, first few pages little creased, price-clipped dustjacket now protected, a good copy. An ethnographic study of the Idu Mishmis - one of the main tribes inhabiting the wild and rugged hills of the... More about The Idu Mishmis
Bombay. Marg. 1992. Map, black and white and colour photographic illustrations, 136pp, tall quarto, bookseller's sticker front free endpaper, minor wear dustjacket, a very good copy. A pioneering study on the tribal art of India, this surveys the different traditions that prevail in the country on a regional basis because... More about Tribal India: Ancestors, Gods, and Spirits
Delhi. Mittal Publication. 1986. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations and line drawings, 71pp + 16 plates, some staining to margin of one plate, tall quarto, price-clipped dustjacket worn with some loss, otherwise a good copy. Contains diaries of two tours undertaken by two British officers - J.P. Mills of... More about Report on Naga Hills
New York. Abrams. 1985. Profusely illustrated throughout in colour and black and white, 272pp, bibliography, index, dustjacket. Russian jam label which the accompanying note says was bought in Kabul in the early 1980s during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan has adhered to 16 lines of text on page 79,spine of... More about Village India
Osaka. National Museum of Ethnology. 1993. Maps, black and white illustrations, 320pp, a very good copy. Senri Ethnological Studies series. 10 papers written by Japanese scholars examining the cultural anthropology of Indian society for the National Museum of Ethnology. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 143104). More about From Vedic Altar to Village Shrine: Towards an Interface between Indology and Anthropology
Copenhagen. NIAS Press. 2012. Black and white illustrations, xxxv + 300pp, glossary, bibliography, index, paperback, very good. The Maldives are mainly known as an equatorial tourist paradise to the south of India but some will know the archipelago risks drowning owing to global warming. Far less is known about the... More about Folk Tales of the Maldives
Shillong. Research Dept Adviser's Secretariat. 1962. Endpaper maps, black and white photographic illustrations and line drawings, xii + 128pp, appendices, glossary, bibliography, index, priceclipped dustjacket worn with some loss, still a good copy, The Gallongs are an important tribe in the Siang Frontier Division of the North-East Frontier of India... More about The Gallongs. The People of NEFA
