Palm Leaves and Postcards: Material Culture and Its Representation in Colonial Ceylon : Whitman College, Sheehan Gallery, Oct 5-Nov 3,...
- ISBN-10
- 1880269139
- ISBN-13
- 9781880269138
- Category
- Manuscripts
- Pages
- 37
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1995
- Author
- Jonathan Stone Walters
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