Browse Items (420 total)

11008080-1994_004_102_Bpa_ARC.tif
Bocio are power objects (bo) that represent deceased human beings (chio). A bocio is not a spirit, but a kind of decoy meant to trick death by acting as a substitute for a real person. Formerly, the Fon people of Dahomey (now Benin) placed bocio…

11008081-1994_004_102_Cpa_ARC.tif
Bocio are power objects (bo) that represent deceased human beings (chio). A bocio is not a spirit, but a kind of decoy meant to trick death by acting as a substitute for a real person. Formerly, the Fon people of Dahomey (now Benin) placed bocio…

11008193-1994_004_469_Dpa_ARC.tif
Bocio, meaning "empowered cadaver," are power objects (bo) that represent deceased human beings (cio) though the figure may appear to be alive. A bocio is not a spirit, but a kind of decoy meant to trick death by substituting for a real person.…

11008194-1994_004_469_Epa_ARC.tif
Bocio, meaning "empowered cadaver," are power objects (bo) that represent deceased human beings (cio) though the figure may appear to be alive. A bocio is not a spirit, but a kind of decoy meant to trick death by substituting for a real person.…

16758553-1994_004_520_Apa_ARC.tif
This embroidered cloth is sometimes called "Kasai velvet" after the region of the Democratic Republic of Congo from which they originate and the cut-pile technique of their manufacture. The underlying raffia structure is woven by men on upright looms…

2001_001_014_Cpa_SCR.jpg

2001_001_003_Bpa_SCR.jpg

2001_001_004_Dpa_SCR.jpg

2001_001_007_Apa_SCR.jpg

23161130-2002_039_001_Cpa_ARC.tif
AP Suite 19/20 2 WIA T. Huck 2000
Output Formats

atom, dc-rdf, dcmes-xml, json, omeka-xml, rss2