Ostrich egg-shell cups of Mesopotamia and the ostrich in ancient and modern times / by Berthold Laufer.

Title: 
Ostrich egg-shell cups of Mesopotamia and the ostrich in ancient and modern times / by Berthold Laufer.

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Author/Artist: 
Laufer, Berthold, 1874-1934.
Publisher: 
Chicago : Field Museum of Natural History, 1926.
Description: 
51 p., IX plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Subjects: 
Ostriches.
Drinking vessels Iraq.
Oriental antiquities.
Animals in art.
Bib ID: 
128910
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Notes: 
Includes bibliographical references (p. 51).
Cover title.
Contents: 
The ostrich in Mesopotamia --
The ostrich in Palestine, Syria, and Arabia --
The ostrich in ancient Egypt --
The ostrich in the traditions of the ancients --
The ostrich in the records and monuments of the Chinese --
The ostrich in Africa --
The domestication of the ostrich --
The ostrich in America.
Series: 
Anthropology leaflet ; 23.
Anthropology leaflet ; 23