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PROPAGANDA

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Dancer Pucki Raab. Detail of 30-03-02/64. Around 1927 Wiener Werkstaette
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Dancer Pucki Raab. Detail of 30-03-02/64....

Two vases by Richard Teschner. 1930
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Two vases by Richard Teschner. 1930

"Dejeuner" for Prince Paul, second son of the King of Wuerttemberg. Egyptian motifs became fashionable after Napoleon's Egyptian campaign. Portraits of the royal family. From Ludwigsburg, 1813. Detail of 30-03-02/36:portrait of Queen Charlotte-Mathilde.
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"Dejeuner" for Prince Paul, second son of the King of Wuerttemberg. Egyptia...

Wooden figure of a man with knife, seated in front of a mancala board; portrait of Shamba Boloncongo, 93rd Great Chief of the Bushongo. Mushenge (Mingenza), Kasai; Congo, West Africa. Around 1600. Inv. 1909-12-10-1
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Wooden figure of a man with knife, seated in front of a mancala board; port...

Evil voodoo, carved human head with nails driven through the neck; supposed to bar the way into a village. From Cameroon. H: 24 cm
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Evil voodoo, carved human head with nails driven through the neck; suppos...

Bronze figure of a woman holding a staff. From Benin H: 10 cm
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Bronze figure of a woman holding a staff. From Benin...

Head of a Queen mother. It is said that Oba (king) Esigie (ruled up to 1550) was the first to bestow the title of Queen mother on his mother, Idia. From Benin H:45 cm
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Head of a Queen mother. It is said that Oba (king) Esigie (ruled up to 1550...

Memorial head, possibly of an Oba (king). Wood, with metal squares on the brow. Offerings were placed in the opening at the top of the head. From Benin H: 45 cm
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Memorial head, possibly of an Oba (king). Wood, with metal squares...

Memorial head, terracotta, from Benin. Such memorial heads to an oba (king) or chieftain, were placed on altars. Offerings were put into the opening at the top of the head. H: 24 cm
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Memorial head, terracotta, from Benin. Such memorial heads to an oba (king) o...

Memorial head, terracotta, from Benin. Such memorial heads of an oba (king) or a chieftain were placed on an altar; offerings were put into the opening at the top of the head. H: 21 cm
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Memorial head, terracotta, from Benin. Such memorial heads of an oba (king) o...

Ivory cup,probably a salt cellar, from Sierra Leone. Detail: female and male figures sitting on the base of the cup. The males are Portuguese, recognizeable by their European hats. See 30-04-01/18 Total H: 23 cm Inv. 67-3-25-1
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Ivory cup,probably a salt cellar, from Sierra Leone. Detail: female and male fig...

War god, crested head with elongated neck; wicker work covered with red and white feathers over a netting of olona cord. Eyes of pearl shell with seed pupils, mouth set with dog's teeth. H:86 cm Inv. HAW 79
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War god, crested head with elongated neck; wicker work covered with red and whi...