“Frame that rug!”: Narratives of zapotec textiles as art and ethnic commodity in the global marketplace

Visual Anthropology

Volumn 17, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 293-318

  Tiffany, Sharon W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

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EID: 77749242658     PISSN: 08949468     EISSN: 15455920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08949460490468054     Document Type: Article

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