Finding provenance, seeking context
If one of the aims of art history is to understand better the original meaning of the works studied, then an historical methodology is absolutely essential to the identification and interpretation of precolonial objects. This essay focuses on 16th- and 17th-century ivory carvings identified as ‘Luso...
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Institut des Mondes Africains
2020-09-01
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| Series: | Afriques |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/afriques/2752 |