Enmity and amity: Reconsidering stone-headed club (gabagaba) procurement and trade in Torres strait

Oceania

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 94-115

  McNiven, Ian J ^a  

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EID: 0032286092     PISSN: 00298077     EISSN: 18344461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1834-4461.1998.tb02697.x     Document Type: Article

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