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"title": "The Art of Daily Life: Portable Objects From Southeast Africa",
"description": "The Art of Daily Life: Portable Objects From Southeast Africa. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 17, 2011-February 26, 2012).",
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"title": "The Language of Beauty in African Art",
"description": "The Language of Beauty in African Art. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX (April 3-July 31, 2022) https://kimbellart.org/exhibition/language-beauty-african-art; The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (organizer) (November 20, 2022-February 27, 2023) https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/9344/the-language-of-beauty-in-african-art.",
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"description": "Cleveland Museum of Art, (4/16/11-2/26/12); \"The Art of Daily Life: Portable Objects from Southeast Africa\" cat. no. 72",
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"description": "(Jacaranda Tribal Art Gallery, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)",
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"did_you_know": "Women made beaded \"aprons\" like this to wear under their clothes on festive occasions in the nineteenth century; expensive imported beads were a sign of wealth and status.",
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"description": "This is an exquisite example of a rare type of swallowtail-shaped apron worn by young female initiates until the mid-19th century. On the upper portion, the black beads were applied in such a way that they can be read as a human face or even as a full figure. In fact, the overall form of the apron can be viewed as representing the lower torso and legs of a woman with a neatly marked pubic region.",
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"citation": "Rondeau, James, Constantijn Petridis, Yae\u0308lle Biro, Herbert M. Cole, Kassim Kone, Babatunde Lawal, Wilfried Van Damme, and Susan Mullin Vogel. The language of beauty in African art. 2022.",
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