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Women dancing in the region of Oued Souf in Algeria. (Photo R. Richard, around 1950)

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horsphère blanc, 1967

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kustiyah, "tiga domba [three sheep]," 1963, oil on canvas

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Inspired by the "Triumph of Death" made by Pieter Bruegel the Elder circa 1562.

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Edvard Munch Self-Portrait in Woman's Hair: Salome Paraphrase gouache, 1895

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Peseshkef / Fishtail knives

Used for cutting the umbilical cord after childbirth, perhaps circumcision and later the "Opening of the Mouth Ceremony" after mummification, allowing the deceased to eat, drink, speak and breath in the afterlife.

Therefore the knives are serving as a direct link between birth and death in Ancient Egypt.

Knife on the left: 4. Dynasty, inscribed for King Khofu, Boston Museum of Fine Arts 11.765

Knife on the right: ca. 3650–3300 BC, Metropolitan Museum of Art 16.2.4

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Obsidian blade, Teotihuacan, 200-900 AD

from The Penn Museum

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Unknown, Lava Spout, 20th century

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Ārati to "Boro Kali" at a temple in Sonamukhi, West Bengal

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...Hejka 😳💦

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Egon Schiele’s Hands 1914 • Unknown Ph

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Ana Mendieta Itiba Cahubaba (Old Mother Blood), 1981 gouache and acrylic on amate paper 40.6 x 29.5 cm, 16 x 11.6 inches © The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection

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Alberto Giacometti, Sculptures photographed for LIFE magazine on the occasion of Giacometti’s death in 1966

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Ivory inlay of a winged giraffe

Nubian, Classic Kerma, ca. 1700-1550 BCE

Kerma, Sudan, East Africa

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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