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This mask was worn by a Yombe nganga, or ritual expert. Its white color probably represents the spirit of a deceased person. White was also ...

Hiroshige's One Hundred Famous Views of Edo

Hiroshige's 118 woodblock landscape and genre scenes of mid-nineteenth-century Tokyo, is one of the greatest achievements of Japanese art.

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    Found 25 Items Tagged "Elephant"

    Stalling ElephantKuosi Society Elephant MaskThe Wounded ComradeBlanket ChestRustam Lassoes the Khagan of China, Folio from a Manuscript of the Shah-Nama of FirdausiBlind Men Appraising an ElephantElephant Mask (Glao/Klolo)Elephant, or The CallThe Charging HerdButter Dish with Lid, "Jumbo" patternBowl and Lid, "Jumbo" patternPage from an Astrological TreatiseDouble-sided Leaf from a Chandana Malayaqiri Varta seriesSteeplechase Park, Coney IslandBattle Scene from a Bhagavata Purana SeriesElephant HuntIntoxicated Mystics and Assorted SubjectsNata Ragini, page from a dispersed Ragamala series
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