The worship of clay images in Bengal

The thesis examines the contemporary Bengali practice of worshipping clay images. By clay is understood 'unbaked' clay. The thesis makes a distinction between 'baked clay' (terracotta) images and 'unbaked' clay (terracruda) images and examines the preference for worship...

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Main Author: Robinson, James Danter
Published: University of Oxford 1983
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.352275