Secret Museum of Mankind
by Manhattan House
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Travel Four Continents and The Islands of The Seas Through The Pages of This Fascinating Book, Originally Published Nearly A Century Ago. Illustrated With Over A Thousand Black-And-White Photos, The Secret Museum of Mankind Offers A Glimpse Into The Lives of Hundreds of Cultures of Mankind In Nativve Dress, At Work and At Leisure. From Masked Warrior Tribes of New Guinea and Decoratively Intricate Scars of Congo Natives To Heavily Veiled Women of Islan and Incredible Postures of Hindu show more Ascetics, You Will Be Captivated By The Range of Dress, Body Decor, Traditions, Rituals, and Religions Displayed Within Its Pages. show lessTags
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This is a very controversial book that I somehow ended up with. I rate it highly only because it has images not found elsewhere about tribal people. However, it has a voyeuristic aspects that make the pictures insulting to the subjects. Maybe this is why their is no state author for this text, and there is no copyright. Images are from all over the world, and captions are often limited in explanatory detail about origin.
"Now I'm not racist..." but I really love outdated ethnographies. It is a great source for photos of natives looking impassively at a camera, pillaged from uncredited sources and sold as pornography.
No Date, No Author, No page numbers. Sepia toned photos of mostly primitive people from all continents.
Dark blue cover.
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- Genres
- Anthropology, Nonfiction, Art & Design, General Nonfiction, History, Science & Nature
- DDC/MDS
- 301 — Social sciences Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Sociology and anthropology
- LCC
- GN347 .S43 — Geography, Anthropology and Recreation Anthropology Anthropology Ethnology. Social and cultural anthropology
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- Languages
- English
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- ISBNs
- 1
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