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... sculptures the trace- able history of which goes back even further , are the main evidence for the early history of sculpture in sub- Saharan Africa . That iron should be used as a medium of sculpture may appear unusual ; but in many ...
... sculptures the trace- able history of which goes back even further , are the main evidence for the early history of sculpture in sub- Saharan Africa . That iron should be used as a medium of sculpture may appear unusual ; but in many ...
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... 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 is equated with pole sculpture ( Figure 11 ) , in which ...
... 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 is equated with pole sculpture ( Figure 11 ) , in which ...
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Sculpture of the Nok culture The hut as a basic arch- itectural unit. ots continue . Next , the camel was introduced ... Sculpture . The earliest known sculpture of large size in the Sudan is that produced in terra - cotta by the Nok ...
Sculpture of the Nok culture The hut as a basic arch- itectural unit. ots continue . Next , the camel was introduced ... Sculpture . The earliest known sculpture of large size in the Sudan is that produced in terra - cotta by the Nok ...
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