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“I Will Stitch it Back and Pass it Down”: A Bai Elder Makes and Teaches Buzha Cover

“I Will Stitch it Back and Pass it Down”: A Bai Elder Makes and Teaches Buzha

By: Jon Kay  
Open Access
|Dec 2024

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jef-2024-0024 | Journal eISSN: 2228-0987 | Journal ISSN: 1736-6518
Language: English
Page range: 152 - 172
Published on: Dec 18, 2024
Published by: University of Tartu, Estonian National Museum, Estonian Literary Museum
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

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