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Title:Abyssinian journey
Author:Griaule, MarcelISNI
Year:1935
Pages:247
Language:English
City of publisher:London
Publisher:Miles
Geographic term:Ethiopia
Subject:travel
Abstract:Description of an ethnographic and linguistic journey to Abyssinia, made by the author in 1931 on behalf of the French Minister of Public Instruction. The object of the journey was to study the customs, religion, magic, technology and arts of inner Abyssinia. The book is meant not only as a scientific report of the journey for specialists, but also as a readable account of the author's experiences for a more general public.