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mma (funerary sculpture) (funerary sculpture, <sculpture by function>, ... Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Akan terracota heads used in Africa in funerary and burial contexts. |
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mma (funerary sculpture) (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
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mma (esculturas funerárias) (Portuguese-P,D,L,PN)
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mma (Spanish-P,D,U,SN)
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mma (Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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Mma (Begräbnisskulptur) (C,U,German-P,D,B)
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cabeza de terracota (mma) (C,U,Spanish,AD,U,SN)
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Dutch ..... Akan terracotta hoofden, in Afrika gebruikt bij begrafenissen. |
German ..... Terrakotta-Kopf der Akan-Völker, die in Afrika im Grab- und Beerdigungskontext verwendet werden. |
Portuguese ..... Cabeças de terracota Akan usadas na África em contextos funerários e de enterro. |
Spanish ..... Cabezas de terracota Akan usadas en África en contextos funerarios y de entierros. |
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mma (funerary sculpture)............ |
[CDBP-SNPC Preferred, RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred, VP Preferred, VP-intern Preferred] |
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AAT-Ned (1994-) |
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African Arts (1967-) Vol. 22, No. 4, 34, Gilbert, M. "Akan terracota heads: gods or ancestors?" |
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Cole and Ross, Arts of Ghana (1977) |
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Contributed as a candidate term Candidate term -- AFRART -- 10/97 |
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Portuguese Translation Intern Project (2020-) |
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Roy, Art and Life in Africa (1985) illustration, 58 |
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TAA database (2000-) |
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