'The magical virtue of these sharp things': Colonialism, mimesis and knapped bottle glass artefacts in Australia

Journal of Material Culture

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 311-336

  Harrison, Rodney ^a  

^a NSW National Parks/Wildlife Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colonialism; Gesture; Knapped bottle glass artefacts; Mimesis; Skeuomorphs

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT;

EID: 0344256580     PISSN: 13591835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/13591835030083007     Document Type: Article

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