Indigenous repair practices

Can anyone recommend a scholarly source for information on
"indigenous (or native) repair" practices and philosophies such as
those commonly seen on artifacts from certain African tribes (e.g.
the Dogon of Mali)? Perhaps someone can suggest another name for
ritual or traditional repair activity. A search for these terms in
anthropological literature databases was not fruitful.

Ed FitzGerald
Historic Preservation Planning
Department of City and Regional Planning
College of Architecture, Art and Planning
Cornell University


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