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lukasas (<information artifacts by function>, information artifacts, ... Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Hand-sized wooden boards covered with beads, shells, and carvings, created and used by the Mbudye secret society of the Luba people to recall their genesis myth and other complex information about the history, organization, and functioning of the society. |
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lukasas (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
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lukasas (Spanish-P,D,U,PN)
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lukasa (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
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lukasa (Spanish,AD,U,SN)
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board, memory (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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boards, memory (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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memory board (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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memory boards (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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lukasa’s (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: V.VW |
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Additional Notes: |
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Dutch ..... Houten planken ter grootte van een hand, bedekt met kralen, schelpen en houtsnijwerk, gemaakt en gebruikt door de Mbudye, het geheime genootschap van het Lubavolk, om hun ontstaansmythe en andere complexe informatie over de geschiedenis, organisatie en werking van hun samenleving in herinnering te roepen. |
Spanish ..... Tablas de madera del tamaño de una mano cubiertas con cuentas, conchas y tallados, creadas y usadas por la sociedad secreta Mbudye del pueblo Luba para rememorar el mito de su génesis y otra información compleja acerca de la historia, organización y funcionamiento de la sociedad. |
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lukasas............ |
[CDBP-SNPC Preferred, VP Preferred] |
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African Arts (1967-) illustration, Vol. 10, No. 4, 48, Reefe, Thomas Q. "Lukasa: A Luba Memory Device" 10:4 (July 1977) 48-50, 88. |
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Contributed as a candidate term Candidate term -- AFRART -- 2/96, resubmitted 12/97 |
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Roberts, Memory: Luba Art (1996) illustration, 117 |
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Rubin, Marks of Civilization (1988) 49, Roberts, Allen. "Tabwa tegumentary inscription" 41-56 |
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TAA database (2000-) |
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