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The giraffe in history and art (1928)

Author: Laufer, Berthold, 1874-1934
Volume: Fieldiana, Popular Series, Anthropology, no. 27
Subject: Giraffe; Animals in art
Publisher: Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History
Possible copyright status: In copyright. Digitized with the permission of the Chicago Field Museum. For information contact dcc@library.uiuc.edu.
Language: English
Call number: 5388478
Digitizing sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Book contributor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Collection: biodiversity; Fieldiana

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 98-100)

Giraffes -- The Giraffe in Ancient Egypt -- Representations of the Giraffe in Africa outside of Egypt -- The Giraffe among Arabs and Persians -- The Giraffe in Chinese Records and Art -- The Giraffe in India -- The Giraffe among the Ancients -- The Giraffe at Constantinople -- The Giraffe during the Middle Ages -- The Giraffe in the Age of the Renaissance -- The Giraffe in the Nineteenth Century and After -- Notes

Fieldiana, Popular series, Anthropology, was published by Field Museum of Natural History, Dept. of Anthropology as Leaflet (no. 1-14, 1922-1924) and Anthropology leaflet (no. 15-34, 1924-1945), and by Chicago Natural History Museum as Anthropology leaflet (no. 35-36, 1945) and Popular series : Anthropology (no. 37-38, 1948-1959)

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