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Plaque from entrance to royal palace

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Description: History of Design: Decorative Arts and Material Culture 1400–2000
~~The period from 1600 to 1750 was marked by significant changes in trading relations along the Atlantic coast, with profound consequences for Africans living there and inland. Gold had been the primary export, but by the beginning of the seventeenth century, the value of slaves exceeded that of gold. The demand for labor in the New...
PublisherBard Graduate Center
PublisherYale University Press
Related print edition pages: pp.213-229
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00219.010
Description: The Arts of Africa: At the Dallas Museum of Art
~Governance in pre-colonial sub-Saharan societies was either centralized or decentralized. Centralized societies, such as the Yoruba and Edo in West Africa and the Chokwe and Kuba in Central Africa, were ruled by kings and chiefs who presided over complex political structures. These paramount rulers were considered political leaders as well as religious personages...
PublisherDallas Museum of Art
PublisherYale University Press
Related print edition pages: pp.39-94
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00186.002

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