Missionary or collector? the case of george brown

Museum Anthropology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-60

  Eves, Richard ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 33646694290     PISSN: 08928339     EISSN: 15481379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/mua.1998.22.1.49     Document Type: Note

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