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The spirit's image : the African masking tradition - evolving continuity
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The spirit's image : the African masking tradition - evolving continuity

by Esther Dagan, Jean-Claude Lefebvre, Rene Boucher

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Accession 655 ISBN — Publisher Galerie Amrad
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