Spider Divination in the Cameroons

From the working library of Hans-Joachim Koloss, curator of the African department of the Berlin Ethnography Museum. Copy in good condition with some underlining in pencil. Aus der Arbeitsbibliothek von Hans-Joachim Koloss, Kurator der Afrika-Abteilung des Museums f�r V�lkerkunde Berlin. Exemplar in gutem Zustand mit einigen Unterstreichungen in Bleistift. ( Benin ) Table of Contents: 1 - Introduction: Diffusion of divination in Negro cultures - Divinatory practices in the Cameroons - Divination within the Tikar Migration - Definitions and Terms - 2 - The Background of Kaka Culture - History and habitat - Social and political organization - Material culture - Religous practices - 3 - Ngam Divination - The diviner in Kaka society - Divination devices - the ngam system - The Makai set - 4 - Social Setting and Variability - Variations within the nagam system - Experiments and observations - the knowledge of symbolism - the range of ngam divination - 5 - The Social Significance of Ngam Divination - The role of the diviner - The postition of the spider - Social controls - List of References -