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Multiple analytical techniques were used to characterize materials from the surfaces of two African sculptures in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago: a Bamana power object (boli), and a Yoruba wooden sculpture of a female figure. Surface accretions on objects such as these have received ...
ORGANISM(S): Canis familiaris (Dog) (Canis lupus familiaris) Gallus gallus (Chicken) Ovis aries Capra hircus (Goat) 
2021-04-21 | PXD024988 | Pride
The distinctive and visually striking wooden masks associated with the Bwa culture in Burkina Faso, West Africa, are carved from a soft wood into different shapes and display various geometrical patterns and symbols according to the purpose. One of their characteristic features is the use of the col...
ORGANISM(S): Numida meleagris Meleagris gallopavo (Common turkey) Pogona vitticeps 
2023-11-22 | PXD045999 | Pride
A small, shed antler fragment of a reindeer from Sjælland, Denmark has been dated to the Mid-Holocene, ca., 4700 cal B.C. Reindeer was an important component of the Lateglacial fauna in Denmark, and the species survived for ca. 1400 years into the Holocene. However, we consider it highly unlikely th...
ORGANISM(S): Rangifer tarandus (Reindeer) (Cervus tarandus) 
2021-11-25 | PXD024143 | Pride
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