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Making Faces : Self and Image Creation in a Himalayan Valley /

Taberam Soni, Labh Singh, Amar Singh, and other artists live and work in the hill-villages of the lower Himalayas in Himachal Pradesh, India. There, they fashion face-images of deities out of thin sheets of precious metal. This book tells the story of these god-makers, the gods they make, and the co...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Hingorani, Alka
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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