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  2. Art of Burkina Faso - Wikipedia

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    The Lobi represent the nature spirits whom they called Thil with figures that can be carved of wood, modeled from clay, or cast in brass. Shrine in a Lobi home, village of Dako, Burkina Faso. These figures are called Boteba, and are usually housed in a dark shrine in the most remote space in the back of the family home.

  3. Hobby Lobby smuggling scandal - Wikipedia

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    One of the ancient clay tablets shows Cuneiform script which Hobby Lobby bought. The Hobby Lobby smuggling scandal started in 2009 when representatives of the Hobby Lobby chain of craft stores received a large number of clay bullae and tablets originating in the ancient Near East. The artifacts were intended for the Museum of the Bible, funded ...

  4. Nomoli figurine - Wikipedia

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    Nomoli figurines are among the earliest works of art from Sierra Leone. [3] The figurines and similar stone sculptures are the only known remains of an empire that existed hundreds of years ago in what is now Sierra Leone and Liberia. Portuguese explorers first recorded the existence of the figurines in the fifteenth century. [1]

  5. African sculpture - Wikipedia

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    Mask from Gabon Two Chiwara c. late 19th early 20th centuries, Art Institute of Chicago.Female (left) and male, vertical styles. Most African sculpture from regions south of the Sahara was historically made of wood and other organic materials that have not survived from earlier than a few centuries ago, while older pottery figures are found from a number of areas.

  6. Blackamoor (decorative arts) - Wikipedia

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    Pair of Italian figures in painted wood, 18th century "Moor with Emerald Cluster" by Balthasar Permoser in the collection of the Grünes Gewölbe. Blackamoor is a type of figure and visual trope in European decorative art, typically found in works from the Early Modern period, depicting a man of sub-Saharan African descent, usually in clothing that suggests high status.

  7. Hobby Lobby - Wikipedia

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    Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., formerly Hobby Lobby Creative Centers, is an American retail company. It owns a chain of arts and crafts stores with a volume of over $5 billion in 2018. [ 1 ] The chain has 1,001 stores in 48 U.S. states.

  8. Nkisi - Wikipedia

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    Vanhee, Hein (2000). "Agents of Order and Disorder: Kongo Minkisi," in Karel Arnaut, ed. Revisions: New Perspectives on African Collections of the Horniman Museum. London and Coimbra, pp. 89–106. Van Wing, Joseph (1959). Etudes Bakongo Brussels: Descleė de Brouwer. Volavkova, Zdenka (1972). "Nkisi Figures of the Lower Congo" African Arts 5: ...

  9. Voodoo doll - Wikipedia

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    Contemporary voodoo doll, with 58 pins. The association of the voodoo doll and the religion of Voodoo was established through the presentation of the latter in Western popular culture during the first half of the 20th century [1] as part of the broader negative depictions of Black and Afro-Caribbean religious practices in the United States. [4]

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