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    Exploding Canons: The Anthropology of Museums Author(s): Anna Laura Jones Source: Annual Review of Anthropology, Vol.

    22 (1993), pp. 201-220 Published by: Annual Reviews Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2155846 . Accessed: 13/02/2014 22:34
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