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Mario Algaze silver gelatin prints-3 images of Ecuador
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Contemporary item# 955994 (stock# MA008-9-10c)
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michael cichon tribal arts
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These three images were taken in the Ecuadorian Highlands about 20 years ago.
"Though Latin American life, like life everywhere else, is rapidly slouching toward modernity, its predominant note is still traditional. A tradition-oriented society affords a certainty about family and relationships absent from the more modernized world." - Enrique Fernandez, "Runaway's End" from the catalog "Mario Algaze: Portfolio Latinoamericano" Gina Kehayoff, Munich, 1997.
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A fine Mossi antelope headpiece
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Pre 1940 item# 954519 (stock# M64992)
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For the Mossi, masks were used primarily during funerals. This graceful animal head cap (zazaido) from the Mossi people shows the distinct features of a small antelope (duiker). The blackened, pronounced crest between the horns possibly alludes to the coiffure of a Fulani woman or to a rooster's feathered head. The mask headpiece is painted with organic pigments in the classic black, red, and white color triad seen on much West and Central African sculpture. The natural materials used for th ...click for details
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