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Both functional and symbolic
Some scholars have even suggested that the practice of bead trading contributed to the development of human language by encouraging increasingly complex social interaction
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The Lobi are well documented for their animist beliefs
Firing flaws and kiln grit
Songye Power Figure (Nkisi) pendant Both functional and symbolicSongye people, mid 20th century, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa A fantastic and mesmerizing small sized Songye power figure, or nkisi, created through the collaboration of a master sculptor and an initiated ritual practitioner. Carved from a single piece of dense brown wood, the figure has been dyed black and sheathed in sacred materials (bishimba) including horn, fiber, fur, and hidesubstances believed to activate and empower the
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