The social and symbolic context of the royal potters of Buganda

Azania

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 64-80

  Giblin, John D ^a   Remigius, Kigongo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Uganda Museum   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Buganda; health; medicine; pottery; symbolic; technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858262303     PISSN: 0067270X     EISSN: 19455534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0067270X.2011.647948     Document Type: Article

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