“It has all these apertures almost as if it is breathing and hearing what is around it.”
Curator Yaëlle Biro on Seated Figure, a terracotta sculpture from the thirteenth century.
Bundle of Emotions
Yaëlle Biro
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Yaëlle Biro
Associate Curator, Department of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Associate Curator, Department of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Photography by Karin L. Willis
Art Mentioned
Middle Niger artist
13th century
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