Female over male or left over right: Solving a classificatory puzzle among the ovahimba

Africa

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 327-348

  Crandall, David P ^a  

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EID: 0039468368     PISSN: 00019720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1160956     Document Type: Article

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