Name/Title
Of Shoes and Ships and Sealing WaxEntry/Object ID
L1970.26.4Description
Of Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax is a miscellany of ethnographic texts the author obtained from two Mayan Indians from Zinacantan, Chiapas, Mexico. Part 2 texts were supplied by Romin Teratol, one of the two Mayan Indians. "The subjects range from deductions, a birth, requests for loans and repayment, requests for godparents, and for the return of a wife, house-dedication prayers, " and many other subjects.
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Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Anthropology, Mexico, Zinacantan, Chiapas, Tzotzil Indians, Mayan Indians, Area CulturesBook Details
Author
Laughlin, Robert M.Date Published
1980Call No.
Ethnology LALCCN
78-606191Notes
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Excellent