Piro designs: Painting as meaningful action in an Amazonian lived world

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 229-246

  Gow, Peter ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 28444471710     PISSN: 13590987     EISSN: 14679655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2660695     Document Type: Article

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