The New Encyclopædia Britannica: L-ZEncyclopædia Britannica, 1992 - 32 pages |
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Page 152
... represent ancestors and probably spirits , have been found . Carbon - 14 dates for these sites range from the 5th century BC to the 18th century AD . Ife and Yoruba . The Yoruba peoples inhabit a large part of southwestern Nigeria ...
... represent ancestors and probably spirits , have been found . Carbon - 14 dates for these sites range from the 5th century BC to the 18th century AD . Ife and Yoruba . The Yoruba peoples inhabit a large part of southwestern Nigeria ...
Page 154
... represents the spirits of deceased maidens and their mothers with masks symbolizing beauty . Among the Southern Igbo , the Ekpe society , introduced from the Cross River area , uses contrasting masks to represent the maiden spirit and ...
... represents the spirits of deceased maidens and their mothers with masks symbolizing beauty . Among the Southern Igbo , the Ekpe society , introduced from the Cross River area , uses contrasting masks to represent the maiden spirit and ...
Page 306
... represent the same element of the group if , and only if , the difference of their exponents m - n is divisible by 3 ; so there are just three elements , represented by the words e , x , x2 . Of course , few groups have a presentation ...
... represent the same element of the group if , and only if , the difference of their exponents m - n is divisible by 3 ; so there are just three elements , represented by the words e , x , x2 . Of course , few groups have a presentation ...
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