Hot scorpions, sweet peacocks: Kachchhe art, architecture and action

Journal of Material Culture

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-75

  Pandya, Vishvajit ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cloth; Hospitality; House; Light; Ran of Kachchh

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011805436     PISSN: 13591835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/135918359800300103     Document Type: Article

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