Ochre, clay, stone and art: The symbolic importance of minerals as life-force among aboriginal peoples of northern and central australia

Soils Stones and Symbols: Cultural Perceptions of the Mineral World

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 31-42

  Taçon, Paul Sc ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

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EID: 84925710080     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315066622     Document Type: Chapter

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