Tag Archives: folklore


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Bethan Huws

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Bethan Huws, ‘African Sculpture’ (2006)

Chocolate cast.


Olivier Millagou

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‘Sand Tiki’ by Olivier Millagou.


Phyllis Galembo

Kambulo and Kapada, Makishi Masquerade, Kaoma, Zambia, 2007

Phyllis Galembo, ‘Kambulo and Kapada (They Start the Dance), Makishi Masquerade, Kaoma, Zambia’ (2007)


Unknown

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Container with Lid (mid-/late 19th century), Northern Nguni, possibly from Zulu Swaziland or KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. In the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.


Ken Burns

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‘The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God’, a film by Ken Burns and Amy Stechler Burns.

They called themselves the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing, but because of their ecstatic dancing, the world called them “Shakers.”


C. Winter

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‘Shaker Dance’ by C. Winter


Gertrude Quastler

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Gertrude Quastler, ‘Polly and MacHeath’ (circa 1960)


Bertjan Pot

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Masks (2010-ongoing) by Bertjan Pot


Viktor Vasnetsov

Viktor Vasnetsov, ‘The Unsmiling Tsarevna (Nesmeyana)’ (1916-1926)