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Law Poles
Øivind Fuglerud ‘Law Poles’, or thuuth thaa’-munth in the Wik Aboriginal language of north Australia, is an art work by Ron Yunkaporta. In the form seen on this picture it was exhibited as part of the exhibition Border Zones at … Continue reading
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Tagged anthropology, art vs. artefact, Australia, border zone, danger, ethnography, museum, sacred
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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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