The decorative impulse: Ethnomathematics and Tlingit basketry

ZDM - International Journal on Mathematics Education

Volumn 41, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 117-130

  Mukhopadhyay, Swapna ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 64349117010     PISSN: 18639690     EISSN: 18639704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11858-008-0151-7     Document Type: Article

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