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Plaque, showing a donkey, From Benin, 16th/17th H: 13 cm
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Plaque, showing a donkey, From Benin, 16th/17th...

Ivory cup, covered,probably a salt cellar.African work, Portuguese influence. From Sherbro,Sierra Leone.On the cover a series of crocodiles eating the genitals of male figures. One the base four males, four females, the men Portuguese (hats!) H:23 cm Inv.67-3-25-1
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Ivory cup, covered,probably a salt cellar.African work, Portuguese influence. Fr...

Ivory cup, probably a salt cellar, from Sierra Leone. Detail: On the lid, crocodiles eat the genitals of male figures. See 30-04-01/18 H: 23 cm Inv. 67-3-25-1
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Ivory cup, probably a salt cellar, from Sierra Leone. Detail: On the lid, croc...

Gamelan orchestra. "Demong" in form of a monstrous quadruped with twelve metal bars resting on pegs which pass through them. From Java, Indonesia. 11 x 47 cm Inv. 59-12-28-200
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Gamelan orchestra. "Demong" in form of a monstrous quadruped with twelve me...

Gamelan orchestra. "Demong" in form of a fish with monster's head. Seven metal bars. From Java. H: 8 cm Inv. 59-12-28-203
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Gamelan orchestra. "Demong" in form of a fish with monster's head. Seven me...

Gamelan orchestra. "Gendor", composed of eleven metal plates suspended over pipes or tubes, in front a large bird with extended wings and dragons on either side. From Java. Inv. 59-12-28-207
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Gamelan orchestra. "Gendor", composed of eleven metal plates suspended o...

Wooden figure of a hornbill, carved and painted in red, yellow and blue. The bird was fixed to a pole. From the Iban Dyaks, Sariba, Borneo. Inv. 94-4-14-1
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Wooden figure of a hornbill, carved and painted in red, yellow and blue....

Lunch box of a Mohawk steel worker from Caughawaga, Canada. Mohawk Indians, the artist says, work in New York, drink beer and, when drunk, see pink buffaloes instead of pink elephants. Inv. AM 1983-N37/1
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Lunch box of a Mohawk steel worker from Caughawaga, Canada. Mohawk Indians,...

Nok sculpture from Nigeria,probably a terracotta base for a large statue.Scenes of daily life,harvest,mothers with children.The larger figures carry a serpent on their raised arms.Terracotta,H:50 cm. Musee du quai Branly, Inv.70.1998.11.2
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Nok sculpture from Nigeria,probably a terracotta base for a large statue.Scene...

Nok sculpture from Nigeria,probably a terracotta base for a large statue.Scenes of daily life,harvest,mothers with children.The larger figures carry a serpent on their raised arms.Terracotta,H:50 cm. Musee du quai Branly, Inv.70.1998.11.2
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Nok sculpture from Nigeria,probably a terracotta base for a large statue.Scene...

Coiled serpent,Aztec sculpture.Feathered serpents are typical of Aztec cult and art. Stone, H:29,2 L:54 cm Depot du Musee de l'Homme Inv. M.H. 87.155.1
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Coiled serpent,Aztec sculpture.Feathered serpents are typical of Aztec cul...

Statue of the God Quetzalcoatl.His name signifies the "feathered serpent". The god's head emerges from the mouth of the serpent;his earrings with a hook show that he is the god of the winds.Stone,H: 44 cm Depot du Musee de l'Homme Inv.M.H. 78.1.59
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Statue of the God Quetzalcoatl.His name signifies the "feathered serpent"....