The user as collector: Experiential aspects of the collecting process

Museum Anthropology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 92-100

  Washburn, Dorothy K ^a  

^a Maryland Institute College of Art   (United States)

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EID: 68149125502     PISSN: 08928339     EISSN: 15481379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/mua.1996.20.3.92     Document Type: Article

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