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Book Title: Surviving Desires : Making and Selling Native Jewellery in the American Southwest
Item Length: 11.6in
Item Height: 0.9in
Item Width: 8.2in
Author: Henrietta Lidchi
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Silver, Gold & OTHER Metals, Jewelry, Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, United States / State & Local / Southwest (Az, NM, Ok, Tx), Native American
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Publication Year: 2015
Genre: Art, Antiques & Collectibles, History, Social Science
Item Weight: 45.9 Oz
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
