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Page 256
... Style . Attempts have been made to define a " primary " style of sculpture in Africa - a style which , although in contemporary use , is thought to have survived from the earliest period of African wood sculpture . Usually this " primary " ...
... Style . Attempts have been made to define a " primary " style of sculpture in Africa - a style which , although in contemporary use , is thought to have survived from the earliest period of African wood sculpture . Usually this " primary " ...
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... style , are among the most dramatic works of all African art . Like the Yaka , small Pende masks fit over the head , helmet style . Sym- bolizing the mysterious powers to which tribesmen are introduced at the time of their initiation ...
... style , are among the most dramatic works of all African art . Like the Yaka , small Pende masks fit over the head , helmet style . Sym- bolizing the mysterious powers to which tribesmen are introduced at the time of their initiation ...
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... style " of the Buli is distinctly style " of unlike any other style in the Luba area , and it contrasts the Buli strongly with the realism found in the classic Luba figures . The features shown are more Hamitic than Ne- groid , the ...
... style " of the Buli is distinctly style " of unlike any other style in the Luba area , and it contrasts the Buli strongly with the realism found in the classic Luba figures . The features shown are more Hamitic than Ne- groid , the ...
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