Otán Iyebiyé: Las piedras preciosas
Publication: Miami: Ediciones Miami, 1970. First Edition.
Notes: This first edition of Otán Iyebiyé marks Lydia Cabrera's return to publishing after a decade of silence following her exile from Cuba, presenting her pioneering research on the ritual significance of precious stones across African traditions, with comparisons to Eastern, and Western cultures.
This work continues Cabrera's important ethnographic research on Afro-Cuban religious practices and cultural traditions. The Africana encyclopedia called Cabrera, "one of the two most important twentieth-century researchers and writers on Afro-Cuban culture."
This first edition is uncommon.
113 pages.
Edition + Condition: First edition (first printing). Covers a bit rubbed, else near fine in wrappers.
Item No: #364938
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