Tattooed mountain women and spoonboxes of Daghestan : magic medicine symbols in silk, stone, wood and flesh / Robert Chenciner, Gabib Ismailov & Magomedkhan Magomedkhanov ; tattoos drawn by Alex Binnie.

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Ismailov, Gabib

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Tattooed mountain women and spoonboxes of Daghestan : magic medicine symbols in silk, stone, wood and flesh / Robert Chenciner, Gabib Ismailov & Magomedkhan Magomedkhanov ; tattoos drawn by Alex Binnie.