Estermann,Carlos. — Etnografia do sudoeste de Angola. Tome 1 - 3. [Complete 3-volume set].

[Lisboa], Junta de Investigações do Ultramar, 1960-1961. 3 vols. 286; 299; 251 pp. Num. b./w. text ills, b./w. photographs on plts & 2 fold. col. maps. Orig. uniform softcovers (printed wrappers). 8vo. - Spines of first two volumses discol.; spines with some spots / light foxing. (Junta de Investigações do Ultramar. Mémorias Anthropológica e Etnológica, 4 & 5 / Memórias da Junta de Investigações do Ultramar, [Segunda série], no. 30). - Apart from the somewhat discolored / spotted backs, a very good, neat set.Rare complete 3-volume set: Vol. 1. Os povos não-bantos e o grupo étnico dos ambós. Vol. 2. Grupo étnico nhaneca-humbe. Vol. 3. O grupo étnico herero. - The first two volumes are copies of the 2nd corrected edition. -- A Portuguese-language anthropological work by the Catholic missionary and ethnographer Padre Carlos Estermann that describes the traditional cultures and peoples of southwestern Angola. Part 1 covers the non-Bantu peoples and the Ambós ethnic group. Part 2 discusses the Nhaneca-Humbe ethnic group. Part 3 focuses on the Herero group. The publication provides descriptions of daily life, social structures, and traditions. - Father Carlos Estermann (1895/1896 - 1976) was a Catholic priest, Spiritan missionary, and an influential ethnographer and anthropologist of French origin (born in the Alsace region). He is widely recognized for dedicating approximately 50 years of his life to the in-depth study of the indigenous peoples of southern and southwestern Angola. This publication is Estermann's most important work.