The origins of banana-fibre cloth in the Ryukyus, Japan /
"The Japanese word bashofu literally means 'banana-fibre cloth'. Both the cloth and the clothing made from it are now considered important constituents of Okinawan identity. Although today bashofu receives considerable attention because of its status since 1974 as one of Japan's...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leuven :
Leuven University Press,
2008
Leuven : Leuven University Press, 2008 |
| Series: | Studia anthropologica
Studia anthropologica |
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