Created in their own image: A comment on Beta Israel figurines

Cahiers d'Etudes Africaines

Volumn 36, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 171-182

  Kaplan, Steven ^a   Rosen, Chaim ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Emigration; Ethiopia; Ethnicity; Falasha; Israel; Tourist art

Indexed keywords

EID: 6144278697     PISSN: 00080055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3406/cea.1996.2006     Document Type: Review

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