Elephant : the animal and its ivory in African culture / Doran H. Ross, editor.
Elephant : the animal and its ivory in African culture / Doran H. Ross, editor.
Elephant : the animal and its ivory in African culture / Doran H. Ross, editor.
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Los Angeles, Calif., USA : Fowler Museum of Cultural History, University of California, Los Angeles, c1992.
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NQ730.0960747/1
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English
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xxi, 415 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 31 cm.
Contents
Maps of Africa -- 1. Imagining Elephants: An Overview / Doran H. Ross -- 2. The African Elephant in Its Environment / Jeheskel Shoshani -- 3. Proboscideans, Hominids, and Prehistory / John A. Van Couvering -- 4. Talking (Gray) Heads: Elephant as Metaphor in African Myth and Folklore / Donald J. Cose...
12. Elephants, Ivory, and Art: Duala Objects of Persuasion / Rosalinde G. Wilcox -- 13. The Teeth of Nyim: The Elephant and Ivory in Kuba Art / David A. Binkley -- 14. The Stampeding of Elephants: Elephant Imprints on Lega Thought / Elisabeth Cameron -- 15. Ivory from Zariba Country to the Land of Z...
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Los Angeles, Calif., USA : Fowler Museum of Cultural History, University of California, Los Angeles, c1992.
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California
Date Published
c1992.
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Elephant : the animal and its ivory in African culture / Doran H. Ross, editor.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-413).
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c1992.
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NQ730.0960747/1
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74VMx3Bxr8eX
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0930741269 (soft) :
9780930741259 (hard) :
0930741250 (hard) :
9780930741266 (soft) :
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730.09607479494
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991002699279702626
