The New Encyclopædia Britannica: L-ZEncyclopædia Britannica, 1992 - 32 pages |
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... Figure 18 : An Ashanti chief wearing silk cloth and gold jewelry . Doran H. Ross tubular , but sometimes conical or spherical , and with sim- ple tubular trunks and limbs . The ... Figure 21 : Brass figure of an oni ( king. 152 African Arts.
... Figure 18 : An Ashanti chief wearing silk cloth and gold jewelry . Doran H. Ross tubular , but sometimes conical or spherical , and with sim- ple tubular trunks and limbs . The ... Figure 21 : Brass figure of an oni ( king. 152 African Arts.
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L-Z. Use of the human figure Stylized figures of the Kwango River area Artistic achieve- ments of the Kuba " Long - face. Figure 26 : Fang wood figure ( bieri ) from a reliquary of ancestor's bones , Gabon . In the Pierre Arman Collection ...
L-Z. Use of the human figure Stylized figures of the Kwango River area Artistic achieve- ments of the Kuba " Long - face. Figure 26 : Fang wood figure ( bieri ) from a reliquary of ancestor's bones , Gabon . In the Pierre Arman Collection ...
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... figure has its own specific purpose not related directly to its appearance . When a figure is carved for a newborn child , part of the placenta is placed in the stomach cavity of the figure while the rest is buried inside the father's ...
... figure has its own specific purpose not related directly to its appearance . When a figure is carved for a newborn child , part of the placenta is placed in the stomach cavity of the figure while the rest is buried inside the father's ...
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