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Hard Bargaining in Sumatra: Western Travelers and Toba Bataks in the Marketplace of Souvenirs (Southeast Asia)
Hard Bargaining in Sumatra Western Travelers and Toba Bataks in the Marketplace of Souvenirs - Southeast Asia
Author: Andrew Causey
Hard Bargaining in Sumatra is an artfully written and penetrating examination of interactions between Western travelers and Toba Batak wood carvers in the souvenir marketplaces of Samosir Island, North Sumatra. Toba Batak carvings, ranging from simple human figures of wood to elaborately engraved water buffalo horns, are described in tour...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780824827472
ISBN-10: 0824827473
Publication Date: 10/1/2003
Pages: 368
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Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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