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Mende girl painted with hojo

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Description: Radiance from the Waters: Ideals of Feminine Beauty in Mende Art
~The Sande Society is one of the most powerful patrons of the arts in West Africa. Over the years the society has commissioned thousands of pieces of sculpture for use in its educational and social projects. The documentary opportunities provided by a study of this society are extraordinary. Sande is most important for a study of women and art in contemporary...
PublisherYale University Press
Related print edition pages: pp.13-43
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00275.002

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