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Eternal ancestors the art of the Central African reliquary by Alisa LaGamma; Barbara Drake Boehm; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Exhibition Eternal Ancestors: The Art of the Central African Reliquary; Exhibition "Eternal Ancestors: The Art of the Central African Reliquary" is a art available to read on EtoBox.
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"Many masterpieces of central African sculpture were created to amplify the power of sacred relics that affirm a family's vital connection to its ancestral heritage. This important volume, focusing on some 130 works representing a diverse variety of regional genres, illuminates the purpose and significance of these icons of African art, which first came to prominence because of their appeal to the Western avant-garde. While providing an overview of sources ranging from colonial explorers, missio
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- Author
- Alisa LaGamma; Barbara Drake Boehm; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Exhibition Eternal Ancestors: The Art of the Central African Reliquary; Exhibition "Eternal Ancestors: The Art of the Central African Reliquary"
- Publisher
- New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art ; New Haven: Yale University Press
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780300124095
- Category
- art
- Subjects
- Technology, Art, Sculpture & Installation
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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