‘Primitivism’, anthropology, and the category of ‘primitive art’

Handbook of Material Culture

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 267-284

  Myers, Fred ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781848607972.n18     Document Type: Chapter

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