Disco, dog’s teeth and women in uniforms: Modern mekeo dress codes

The Art of Clothing: A Pacific Experience

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 89-101

  Wolff, Bente ^a  

^a National Museum   (Denmark)

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EID: 79961056106     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315066592-18     Document Type: Chapter

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