Letters from Mary Henrietta Kingsley
MSS.Afr.s.1802
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Letters from Mary Henrietta Kingsley
Shelfmark
MSS.Afr.s.1802
Summary
19 autograph letters from Mary Kingsley to Professor and Mrs. E.B. Tylor dealing with various aspects of ju-ju and fetishism in West Africa.
Associated place
Africa, West -- Description and travel
Date
1896-1899
Language
English
Physical extent
117 ff.
Acquisition
Purchased in March 1988.
Subject
Fetishism -- Africa, West
Women travelers -- Africa, West -- Correspondence
19th century
