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“comets importing change of Times and States”: ephemerae and process among the Tabwa of Zaire

dc.contributor.authorRoberts, Allen F.
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-10T17:47:39Z
dc.date.available2017-05-10T17:47:39Z
dc.date.issued1982-11
dc.identifier.citationRoberts, Allen F. (1982). "“comets importing change of Times and States”: ephemerae and process among the Tabwa of Zaire." American Ethnologist 9(4).
dc.identifier.issn0094-0496
dc.identifier.issn1548-1425
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/136677
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltd
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.
dc.title“comets importing change of Times and States”: ephemerae and process among the Tabwa of Zaire
dc.typeArticleen_US
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dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelAnthropology and Archaeology
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciences
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Reviewed
dc.contributor.affiliationumUniversity of Michigan and Albion College
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/136677/1/ae.1982.9.4.02a00060.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1525/ae.1982.9.4.02a00060
dc.identifier.sourceAmerican Ethnologist
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