African art in detail

by Christopher Spring

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Published 2009 by Harvard University Press in Cambridge, Mass .
Written in English

Subjects:

• Art, African -- Themes, motives

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Edition Notes

Statement	Christopher Spring.
Classifications
LC Classifications	N7380 .S67 2009
The Physical Object
Pagination	p. cm.
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL23186895M
ISBN 10	9780674036222
LC Control Number	2009011218

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