Objects of Belief - An African Sculpture
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Channel: University of Nottingham · 2011 · Education
Every culture produces objects of belief that express something about their place in the universe. This is a statue used in the burial ritual of the Kota people in Gabon; but it raises questions that are basic to every theology.
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