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boliw (<sculpture by function>, sculpture (visual works), ... Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Bamana zoomorphic sculptures, which serve as portable altars for the Komo association, and which are usually shaped in the form of a cow, with the insides containing materials such as animal bones, vegetable matter, honey, metal, and covered with a thick coating of earth. |
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boliw (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
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boliw (Portuguese-P,D,U,PN)
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boliw (Spanish-P,D,U,SN)
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boliw (Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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boli (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
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boli (Portuguese,AD,U,SN)
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boli (Dutch,AD,U,U)
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獸形活動祭壇 (C,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)
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攜帶式獸形神壇 (C,U,Chinese (traditional),UF,U,U)
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shòu xíng huó dòng jì tán (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
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shou xing huo dong ji tan (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)
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shou hsing huo tung chi t'an (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)
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Boliw (C,U,German-P,D,B)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: V.VC |
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........ Visual Works (hierarchy name) (G) |
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............ visual works (works) (G) |
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............................ boliw (G) |
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Chinese (traditional) ..... 西非巴馬納(Bamana)地區的獸形雕塑,為科莫聯合會(Komo association)所使用之活動式祭壇,通常為牛形,內置獸骨、植物、蜂蜜和金屬,外覆以厚土層。 |
Dutch ..... Te gebruiken voor zoömorfe beeldhouwwerken van de Bamana, die fungeren als draagbare altaren voor het Komogenootschap en gewoonlijk de vorm van een koe hebben. Van binnen bevatten ze materialen zoals dierbeenderen, plantaardige stoffen, honing en metaal, van buiten zijn ze bedekt met een dikke laag aarde. |
German ..... Zoomorphe Skulptur der Bamana, die der Komo-Gesellschaft als tragbarer Altar dient und meist als Kuh gestaltet ist, in deren Inneren Materialien wie tierische Knochen, Pflanzenteile, Honig und Metall, die mit einer dicken Erdschicht bedeckt sind, aufbewahrt werden. |
Portuguese ..... Esculturas zoomórficas Bamana que servem como altares portáteis para associação Komo e que têm, geralmente, a forma de uma vaca; no seu interior há materiais como ossos de animais, matéria vegetal, mel, e metal e são cobertas com uma camada grossa de terra. |
Spanish ..... Úsese para esculturas zoomorfas bamana, que sirven como altares portátiles para la asociación Komo y que son usualmente modelados con la forma de una vaca y sus interiores, con materiales tales como huesos de animales, materias vegetales, miel, metal y cubierto con una gruesa capa de tierra. |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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[RKD, AAT-Ned, VP, VP-intern] |
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AAT-Ned (1994-) |
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Brett-Smith, Making of Bamana Sculpture (1994) illustration, 24 |
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Grove Dictionary of Art (1996) Vol. 3, 134 |
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Musée Dapper, Magies (1996) illustration, 145, Cisso, Youssouf Tata "Boli, statues et statuettes dans la religion Bambara" |
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Portuguese Translation Intern Project (2020-) |
boliw............ |
[CDBP-SNPC Preferred, RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred, VP Preferred, VP-intern Preferred] |
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AAT-Ned (1994-) |
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Brett-Smith, Making of Bamana Sculpture (1994) illustration, 24 |
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Contributed as a candidate term Candidate term -- AFRART -- 5/98 |
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Grove Dictionary of Art (1996) Vol. 3, 134 |
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McNaughton, Secret Sculptures of Komo (1979) 26 |
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Portuguese Translation Intern Project (2020-) |
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TAA database (2000-) |
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Zahan, Bambara (1974) illustration, plate XXV |
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