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Malick Sidibé

About 1970

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Jar with cover, both covered entirely with clay "spikes."
Neckring (Cholwane or Holwane), Ndebele people, Transvaal, Area of Mapoch, South Africa, South Africa, African, straw, glass beads, metal, tack
Mask for Kifwebe Society, Songye people, Democratic Republic of the Congo, African, wood, pigment, raffia, string
Abraham sacrificing a ram on a rock is approached by a winged figure. A blindfolded boy stands in the background. In the Quranic tradition, the boy is identified as Ishmael (in the Judeo-Christian narrative, the boy is identified as Isaac).