From: ari.b Subject: : Review-of-santa-fe-ethnographic-art Not an easy time for Tribal Art dealers. "In response ,many of the hige end dealers especially those...
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Lee Rubinstein
leerubinstein
Sep 1, 2007 1:35 pm
Thanks, Ari, for sharing that article. Word on the street (albeit a very long street from the beautiful Sangre de Cristo Mountains of northern New Mexico to...
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Lee Rubinstein
leerubinstein
Sep 2, 2007 3:17 pm
This link was originally forwarded by Ari but for technical reasons (HTML encoding issues), I have re-formatted it and posted it directly so I could include...
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ari.b
arib100
Sep 3, 2007 2:48 pm
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Alexander Bortolot
lyautua
Sep 4, 2007 5:15 pm
Dear All, I am including a PDF file of the postcard announcing the show "Revolutions: A Century of Makonde Masquerade in Mozambique" at the Miriam and Ira D....
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Lee Rubinstein
leerubinstein
Sep 4, 2007 7:57 pm
Christian: I wish I could offer more insight into your Chadian "wallet" but I can offer only the most general response and commentary at this time. The human...
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stellatebronze
Sep 4, 2007 11:33 pm
Hello Christian, A lttle more than a year ago, an inquiry was made about a similar brass pouch which was posted on another tribal-arts forum. I checked but...
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Lee Rubinstein
leerubinstein
Sep 5, 2007 3:29 pm
A very interesting article, "Pentecostal doctrine quickening loss of valuable Nigerian artifacts" -- describing some current social and religious changes in...
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Ed Jones
bucit
Sep 5, 2007 4:00 pm
Another vivid example of the woes of "homogenizing" religions mixed with the principles of "we are okay, you primitives are not". This is certainly not the...
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Bob Ibold
bobbold2000
Sep 5, 2007 4:33 pm
Christianity and Islam have generally had a negative influence on the traditional art of indigenous peoples. Capt. Cook and his missionaries almost completely...
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dwolf22@...
nashoni_art
Sep 6, 2007 4:05 am
And the beat goes on ...... This has always been the way of the 'evangelists' ... or any dominating 'power' excercising doctrine over a tribal community. ...
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Veronique Martelliere
proximatribal
Sep 6, 2007 11:41 am
Daniel, I agree. Only one thing I dare to object is your conclusion about "tribal wisdom". Beliefs are opposite to wisdom. Religion is one thing. Philosophy...
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Ann Porteus
annporteus
Sep 6, 2007 12:28 pm
Hello all, I agree. We are not to far distant from the Africans. My Gandfather was Irish. Was left with Church of England Nuns in a Catholic provence in ...
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ari.b
arib100
Sep 6, 2007 12:49 pm
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M.E.F.
mfliegelmann
Sep 6, 2007 3:30 pm
Dear All, I have not followed this discussion reading every word but it happens to be a topic I have given much thought to over the years. I therefore want to...
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Veronique Martelliere
proximatribal
Sep 6, 2007 5:02 pm
An interesting reading : the "Church planters" ' vision of the world, their strategy and recommendations. http://www.lausanne.org/pattaya-1980/lop-16.html ...
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Ed Jones
bucit
Sep 6, 2007 5:02 pm
Hello Margalit. Thanks for sharing ... Your hypothesis (opinion is rather interesting), as we all have one, but the idea of reality centers between fact and...
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Lee Rubinstein
leerubinstein
Sep 6, 2007 7:00 pm
While the September 23 Skinner Ethnographic Auction in Boston focuses on North American material more than on African, there are some very interesting pieces...
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M.E.F.
mfliegelmann
Sep 6, 2007 8:32 pm
Dear Ed Jones, I knew I was stepping on thin ice or something like that and you confirmed. I never forget Professor Charles Myers (Chip) who taught me Economic...
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Veronique Martelliere
proximatribal
Sep 7, 2007 1:55 am
Humankind is an opportunist species - and the colour of skin, hair and eyes does not make a difference. So, Ed, when you state that "Africans and 'other'...
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Steve Price
spric1h
Sep 7, 2007 2:13 am
Hi All Slavery and war were unknown in Africa and Asia until those awful missionaries brought them in. Africans and Asians lived in peaceful harmony with each...
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Ed Jones
bucit
Sep 7, 2007 9:41 am
I undertsand ... Well stated, and not for the sake of "cultural"; argument, mostly I agree. The terms and conditions of slavery can vary immensly (forms from...
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M.E.F.
mfliegelmann
Sep 7, 2007 11:26 am
Dearest Vero, How do you manage to bring humour, wisdom and kindness into every blistering situation?! I feel so deeply about not hurting feelings such as...
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Steve Price
spric1h
Sep 7, 2007 12:13 pm
Hi Margalit Yes, I was being sarcastic. One of the difficulties in a forum with people from many countries whose native languages aren't all the same is the...
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Lee Rubinstein
leerubinstein
Sep 7, 2007 3:25 pm
Migration and interaction are the norm among cultures throughout history. As James L. Newman wrote in the Introduction to The Peopling of Africa, "...we need...
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Veronique Martelliere
proximatribal
Sep 7, 2007 3:27 pm
Thank You, Margalit and thank You for your pertinent views about nature which does not tolerate vacuum - and how the world goes as a big chess game. Also, you...
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M.E.F.
mfliegelmann
Sep 7, 2007 3:27 pm
Thanks Seve! Be well, Margalit ... Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel today!...
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John Nash
jnash
Sep 7, 2007 4:19 pm
Hmm, some of this is sounding, maybe, a bit simplistic. The idea of a vacuum waiting to be filled is interesting, but as an explanation for war it's also a bit...
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ubaniaz2003
Sep 7, 2007 8:09 pm
Powerful women are not a new phenomenon in Africa. What about Queen Nzingha of Angola (1583-1663) and Makeda, the Queen of Sheba (Ethiopia)? I'm sure there are...
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Veronique Martelliere
proximatribal
Sep 7, 2007 8:09 pm
Well, John, since Neanderthal time, the strongest female muscle is her tongue (> "mother tongue')... and women can keep on making a lot of tongue work-out...
