Tibetan waxworks of the living and the dead

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Tibetan waxworks of the living and the dead. / Brox, Trine.

2020Blog post published on the 27th of May 2020 on research community blog Object Lessons from Tibet & the Himalayas.

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Brox, T 2020, Tibetan waxworks of the living and the dead..

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Brox, T. (2020, May 27). Tibetan waxworks of the living and the dead.

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Brox T. Tibetan waxworks of the living and the dead. 2020.

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Brox, Trine. / Tibetan waxworks of the living and the dead. 2020.

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