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    Artifacts from the CCFCS collections: Sampling # 1
    Artifacts from the CCFCS collections: Sampling # 1
    Artifacts from the CCFCS collections: Sampling # 1
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    Artifacts from the CCFCS collections: Sampling # 1

    By Philip V. R. Tilney

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    This sampling of artifacts from the collections of the Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies represents twenty-three traditional societies. Not exhaustive, it is a combination of photographs and general remarks to illustrate which types of artifacts have particular relevance to the contemporary Canadian folk culture complex.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherUniversity of Ottawa Press
    Release dateJan 1, 1973
    ISBN9781772823158
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