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Ring depicting ritual sacrifice

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Description: The Arts of Africa: At the Dallas Museum of Art
~Governance in pre-colonial sub-Saharan societies was either centralized or decentralized. Centralized societies, such as the Yoruba and Edo in West Africa and the Chokwe and Kuba in Central Africa, were ruled by kings and chiefs who presided over complex political structures. These paramount rulers were considered political leaders as well as religious personages...
PublisherDallas Museum of Art
PublisherYale University Press
Related print edition pages: pp.39-94
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00186.002

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