Pots that talk, izinkamba ezikhulumayo

Southern African Humanities

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 513-548

  Armstrong, Juliet ^a   Whitelaw, Gavin ^b,c   Reusch, Dieter ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b NATAL MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d KwaZulu Natal Provincial Museum Service   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ancestors; Authority; Beer; Ceramic style; Decoration; Feasts; Fertility; Marriage; Pollution; Pottery; Power; Production; Reproduction; Tradition; Zulu; Zulu Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957437736     PISSN: 16815564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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