The

Anthropology
of
Art
•ek Archaeology and Anthropology
General Editor: J. V. S. Megaw
Professor of Archaeology in the
University of Leicester

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The Anthropology
of Art

Robert Layton

Columbia University Press New York 1981

Copyright © Robert Layton 1981

All rights reserved.

Published in 1981 in the United States of America by Columbia University Press

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Lay ton, Robert.

The anthropology of art.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Art and anthropology. I. Title.
N72.S6L39 1981 709'.01'1 80-39919
ISBN 0-231-05282-0

Printed in Great Britain