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Since the 1870s, thousands of African statues have arrived in Europe in the aftermath of colonial conquest and looting. They were displayed in cities such as the Trocadero Museum in Paris and Berlin, Munich, and London. The pictorial flatness of African art, vivid color palette, and fragmented cubist shape defined early modernism and opened a new way for European art. However, at that time, these objects were treated as relics of colonial culture rather than artworks, and their economic value was low enough to be displayed in pawn windows and flea markets. Among them, the most famous work was Standing Male Figure. An alternation of black, white, and red applied pigments established at the summit with the coiffure, forehead, and face is repeated on the neck, trunk, thighs, and calves. Especially thick applications of white kaolin have survived in interstices of the arms. The relative flatness of the visage contrasts with the volumetric form of the head. A prominent raised sagittal crest is flanked by lateral tresses carved as a series of deeply incised parallel lines. The smooth crescent of the forehead projects slightly above the lower half of the face that is enlivened by additions of cowry shell eyes and fine metal teeth inserted within the open mouth. The main character of the statue was one of a series of figures collected by the French colonial governor Aristotle Courtois for Charles Raton.

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Many tribes in Africa began to lose their cultural identity due to the colonial policy of European powers. The most representative African culture was Ghana's Siguru Culture. This unique type of building has a separate place for men and women to work and is designed to work cooperatively. It was created to express God's wish to the family, also called Idur.

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This work is an American folk art watercolor painting believed to have been painted in South Carolina in the late 18th century. This work is a work that captures the situation of African-American slaves and criticizes the reality of slavery at that time. Since the 17th century, the United States has fought many wars to expand its territory, but the most problematic institution was slavery. At that time, the United States hired many African-American slaves for the development of the country and used them only for the benefit of the people. This problem has become a big problem around the world, and many efforts have been made to eliminate slavery since the 19th century.

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In the 1880s, European powers were very interested in Africa's resources, minerals, and forests. Today, Africa is divided into 53 independent countries, but the boundaries separating these countries are very artificial. European powers created borders on the African continent according to their interests, not by culture or tribal regions. This has caused a big problem in separating African families, languages, and trading partners. The above work is called "Twin Figures (Ere Ibeji)" produced in Nigeria in the 1900s. At that time, Nigeria had a very high twin birth rate. Tired of the colonial policies of the European powers, they believed that the birth of twins had special power and the ability to bring good luck to people, and thus produced this statue. This statue contains hope, survival, and prosperity.

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Since the late 1800s, the Fashoda Incident, which was caused by the conflict of colonial policy between Britain and France, and the colonial policy of various Western countries have led Africa to live in anxiety every day. Baule, an African people inhabiting Côte d'Ivoire between the Comoé and Bandama rivers. The Baule began to create works of art to relieve this anxiety, which is ’Spirit Spouse (blolo bla)‘. This statue, which is shaped like a person, contains the souls of spouses from other worlds, and these souls are said to affect people's lives. The Baule believed that this statue could bring good luck to all areas of life. However, they believed that the amount of luck would decrease if the statue was exposed to others other than its owner, so owners used to store all their personal possessions and statues in closed spaces.