Ivory
Pedersen, Maggie Campbell2015
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This comprehensive and authoritative study provides a global history of the material's uses, origins and controversies - from the myths and beliefs held by prehistoric man, through its utilitarian uses in the Arctic and the beautiful carvings in medieval Europe, to its links with war, the slave trade, and religion.
Main title:
Ivory / Maggie Campbell Pedersen.
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Imprint:
London : Robert Hale, 2015.
Collation:
240 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 25 cm
ISBN:
9780719800535 (hbk)
Dewey class:
736.6209
Language:
English
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BRN:
1831488
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