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Page 261
... human face with a motif ( sometimes a human figure ) rising above it , flanked with stylized horns . The gugu wears a cloth mask decorated with cowrie shells , but sometimes Yoruba egungun masks are used . The ndako gboya appears to be ...
... human face with a motif ( sometimes a human figure ) rising above it , flanked with stylized horns . The gugu wears a cloth mask decorated with cowrie shells , but sometimes Yoruba egungun masks are used . The ndako gboya appears to be ...
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... human being than have the great specu- lative systems of the East ; for example , in the Hindu Brahmanism personal destiny dissolves in the All . Nev- ertheless , recognition of the uniqueness of the human form did not guarantee that ...
... human being than have the great specu- lative systems of the East ; for example , in the Hindu Brahmanism personal destiny dissolves in the All . Nev- ertheless , recognition of the uniqueness of the human form did not guarantee that ...
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... human being . This natural history was originally an investigation of existing animals , but it had to be broadened to include the past so that living things could be more accurately classified . The notion that species were stable ...
... human being . This natural history was originally an investigation of existing animals , but it had to be broadened to include the past so that living things could be more accurately classified . The notion that species were stable ...
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