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19th-century African ethnic sculpture
Carved from a solid piece of ebony wood, the work contains many of the ancestral symbols and African animism in its representation
the bull...motherhood. the bird...etc. etc.
Very charming AFRICA second half of the 19th century
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Animism
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Animism, in anthropology, is the set of religions or cults in which divine or supernatural quality is attributed to objects, places, or material beings.[1] These religions do not consider deities as purely transcendent beings, but rather attribute spiritual properties to certain physical realities.[1] This type of belief is so called because it is based on a certain degree of identification between the divine spiritual principle (soul) and the material aspect of beings and entities (such as demons or other presences).[2] The philosophical position corresponding to animism is usually called panpsychism.[3]
Sculpture of an African totem spirit
African wooden mask
Thunderbird carved by a tribe of Native Americans
