The bow and the blanket: Religion, identity and resistance in Rarámuri material culture

Journal of Anthropological Research

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 299-324

  Levi, Jerome M ^a  

^a CARLETON COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0008983856     PISSN: 00917710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/jar.54.3.3630650     Document Type: Article

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