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Out of the Mouths of Crocodiles: Eliciting Histories in Photographs and String‐Figures

Joshua A. BellCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 351-373 | Published online: 15 Nov 2010

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  • Trip by Anthropologist to Kerema . 1922 . “ Kerema Pre‐War Records, Accession 487, Jacket 20, National Archive of Papua New Guinea (NAPNG) ” . Port Moresby

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