Although the Nuba of Kau - anthropologists call them the "South East Nuba" - live little more than 100 miles from the gentle and peace-loving Mesakin, they speak a different language and observe different customs and conventions. A wild and passionate people, they are diametrically opposed to the Mesakin in character and temperament. Their knife-fights, dances of love and elaborately painted faces and bodies, which resemble "living Picassos," are unequalled by any surviving primitive race on earth. Leni Riefenstahl does not ...
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Although the Nuba of Kau - anthropologists call them the "South East Nuba" - live little more than 100 miles from the gentle and peace-loving Mesakin, they speak a different language and observe different customs and conventions. A wild and passionate people, they are diametrically opposed to the Mesakin in character and temperament. Their knife-fights, dances of love and elaborately painted faces and bodies, which resemble "living Picassos," are unequalled by any surviving primitive race on earth. Leni Riefenstahl does not claim to have captured their entire way of life in this book. Rather, she has concentrated on photographing what distinguishes the South East Nuba from other tribes of her acquaintance. Leni Riefenstahl's unforgettable photographic impressions of the life of the People of Kau bear final witness to a primitive tribe which is menaced by the advance of industrial civilization and slowly subsiding into the mists of time.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 224pp, 240 x 320mm. Very good in very good dust-jacket. Unmarked. With many splendid colour illustrations. A remarkable photographic study of the Nuba tribe of Southern Sudan by a gifted leading photographer. CB50.
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As New in As New jacket. 224pp, 240 x 320mm. Fine in Fine dust-jacke. Unmarked, as New. With many splendid colour illustrations. A remarkable photographic study of the Nuba tribe of Southern Sudan by a gifted leading photographer.
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As New in As New jacket. 224pp, 240 x 320mm. Fine in Fine dust-jacket, and protected in the original slipcase. Unmarked, as New. With many splendid colour illustrations. A remarkable photographic study of the Nuba tribe of Southern Sudan by a gifted leading photographer. A very nice, presentable copy. CB19.
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Very Good. Book. 4to-over 9æ-12" tall. 224 pages. Second reprint. Old name on front endpaper. This is a photographic monograph on the life of the people of Kau. Leni Riefenstahl spent 16 weeks with the Nuba of Kau in 1975. These people, known as the "South East Nuba", live only 100 miles away from the Mesakin Nuba. Yet, they speak another language, follow different customs, and are very different in character and temperament. Their knife-fights, dances of love and elaborately painted faces and bodies are represented in the book.
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VG- in VG+ jacket. VG-/VG+. Folio. original green cloth (one detached gathering, tape repaired, with slight fraying to fore-edge) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, edges a little rubbed), with original card slipcase (marked & a little tape repaired); pp. 224, with numerous illustrations. Heavy item (2 kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A very good copy.
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Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. Gifter's inscription on half title. (Nuba people, social life, customs, pictorial works) NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.
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Very Good in Slightly Chipped and Torn jacket. pp. 224, "Photographs of the Nuba people of Kau portray the traditions--including knife fights, dances of love, and body painting--of a primitive tribe whose existence is threatened by the advance of industrial civilization." 4to.
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Very Good. Size: 12x9x1; Hardcover with jacket. DJ has 1 inch closed tear at spine. Now in protective cover; Interior is clean and unmarked; Binding is solid. Oversize may require additional shipping outside the U.S.
