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Aztec materials, ACLS collection

Culture:
Aztec
Language:German
Date:circa 1933
Contributor:Lange, Gertrud, 1879-
Subject:Ethnography | Mexico--History | Politics and government
Type:Text
Genre:Essays
Extent:17 pages
Description: The Aztec materials in the ACLS collection consist of one item found in the "Aztec" section of the finding aid. This item is a German language manuscript, "Das Leben im alten Mexico" (item 51) by Gertrud Lange, which discusses Aztec culture before the Conquest, political organization, society, religion and thought. For related modern materials, see the "Nahuatl" section of the finding aid.
Collection:ACLS Collection (American Council of Learned Societies Committee on Native American Languages, American Philosophical Society) (Mss.497.3.B63c)

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Bedouin materials, ACLS collection

Culture:
Bedouin
Language:German
Date:1933
Contributor:Lange, Gertrud, 1879-
Subject:Clothing and dress
Type:Text
Genre:Sketches | Watercolors | Theses | Illustrations
Extent:60 sketches; 196 pages
Description: The only Bedouin materials in the ACLS collection are two related items, 52a and 52b: "Die Trachten des vorderen Orients". This is a thesis submitted to the University of Hamburg about clothing in North Africa and the Middle East, including Bedouin clothing as well as Turkic and Persian, with color sketches.
Collection:ACLS Collection (American Council of Learned Societies Committee on Native American Languages, American Philosophical Society) (Mss.497.3.B63c)

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