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african (west) inland niger delta medieval sculpture

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INLAND NIGER DELTA Anonymous (13th-15th c.): The writings of 15th-century Europeans reveals that figures such as this one were kept in sanctuaries and venerated as representing the deified ancestors of famous founding rulers of the region.

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