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1 Africa. questioned their world just as we do ours?
Oracle a souris
Pottery Hat We have not yet overcome death and we still have
The Ivory Coast. Baoule metaphysical anguish. Therefore, the deeper meaning
25 cm. high
of the sculptures exhibited at the Musee de l'Homme.
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Head Trophy
Human head covered by its own In this world of automation and computers. the longing
skin and hair for magic and mysticism still exists. People are more
19.8 cm.
Indian attracted to the kind displayed here. objects which have.
l'lrazil
they feel, a spiritual emanation. The aesthetics of the
3 'Primitive· sculptor was more a feeling of faith that
Decorated Post
227 cm. high came from what he created. and he believed very
Wood and Shells strongly in what he did. You may have often seen these
Peru
sculptures in the museum. in show-cases. together
4 with objects of their own surroundings; but there they
Magic animal
Wood and iron lose their magic. and magic they are. Is it, as Picasso
118 cm. long
Congo. Loango thinks. a form of magic designed to mediate between
us and the strange, horrible world. by giving form to our
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Mask in Stone terror as well as to our desires? Or. as some others
22 cm. high think. a sublimation of the death wish and the wish for
British Columbia
destruction ?
At all times. and in every civilization. men felt the
urge to create. Man's evolution started when he used
his hands and developed the upright posture. His hand
became skilled. and new materials further inspired his
creative powers. Creativity cannot be measured. and
therefore was for a long time neglected as a force in 1.0.
tests. These different civilizations do not clash. but, on
the contrary, have more in common. than the variety of
their cultures or the difference in time. would lead one
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