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Transmission Difficulties: Franz Boas and Tsimshian Mythologyby Ralph Maud

✍ Scribed by Review by: Judith Berman

Book ID: 125690347
Publisher: American Anthropological Association
Year: 2002
Tongue: English
Weight: 148 KB
Volume: 29
Category: Article
ISSN: 0094-0496
DOI: 10.2307/3805511

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