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The Technology of a Modern Stone Age People in New

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The Technology of a Modern Stone Age People in New Guinea

Blackwood, Beatrice / (Pitt Rivers Museum University of Oxford)

Oxford: T.K. Penniman and B.M. Blackwood (1950).

English Text/Edition
76 pages
55 b/w illustrations
Softcover

24,5 x 18,7 cm.
250 g

CHF 20 / 40
EUR 17 / 34

Condition

Good condition, shows normal wear regarding cover and spine. May have minor page markings and/or an exlibris sticker.

Weight

250 g

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