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Leaves and Weaves: The Trajectory of the Nagarathar Basket
Kala Shreen A basket is a mundane item that I use to carry things when I go grocery shopping or for a picnic or take my lunch to work. Is it? How does something as common as a basket become … Continue reading
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Tagged activism, appropriation, basket, community, consumption, craft, eco-friendly, gift, globalisation, India, mundane, production, recontextualising, religion, ritual, sacred, silver, souvenir, tourism, transforming
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Fantasy coffins in Ghana and abroad
Rhoda Woets What is this? Is this an object at a pop-art exhibition? Or maybe a big toy-truck? It is neither. The picture shows a coffin at a funeral in Ghana’s capital city Accra. The Bedford truck coffin in this … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, art, ceremony, circulation, coffin, craft, funeral, identity, museum
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