Title The Veddas / by C.G. Seligmann and Brenda Z. Seligmann ; with a chapter by C.S. Meyers and an appendix by A. Mendis Gunasekara

Published Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, 1911

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Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
W'PONDS	306.0899141 Sel/Ved		AVAILABLE

Description xix, 463 pages, 71 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits, music ; 22 cm + folded map in back pocket Series Cambridge archaeological and ethnological series Cambridge archaeological and ethnological series. Contents Historical and geographical -- Present condition of the Veddas -- Social organization, genealogies -- Family life -- Property and inheritance -- Religion -- Magic -- Ceremonial dances -- Invocations -- Arts and crafts -- Coast Veddas -- Music / by C.S. Myers -- Songs -- Language -- Senses of the Veddas -- Vocabulary Notes Includes index The folded map is titled "Ceylon" Subject Ethnology -- Sri Lanka. Vedda (Sri Lankan people) SUBJECT Sri Lanka -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008117166 Author Gunasekara, Abraham Mendis, 1860-1931. Myers, Charles S. (Charles Samuel), 1873-1946. Seligman, Brenda Z.

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