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Ancestors, Goddesses, and Heroes - Sculptures from Asia, Africa, and Europe (Paperback)
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Ancestors, Goddesses, and Heroes - Sculptures from Asia, Africa, and Europe (Paperback)
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Protecting, healing, or punishing-people of various eras and
origins have attributed such powers to the sculptures that are
being presented together here for the first time: be it the
sculpture of the Mangaaka from what is today the Republic of Congo,
the protective goddess Mahamayuri from China, or the Maria on the
globe from Southern Germany. Forty-five objects created between the
fourth and the nineteenth century from two museums in Berlin
provide a vivid testimony to the ever-present need for protection
and orientation when dealing with individual or social crises. They
represent the existence of an invisible world of gods, spirits, or
ancestors, and create a connection between this world and a
"different reality." As a result of how they are presented in
museums, their context of use is, however, often lost-a situation
that is reflected on by the authors of this book.
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