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