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Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

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African Luke Casa From the Luba People of the Congo

You'll have to describe what you see. This is actually a model of an African Luke Casa from the Luba people of the Congo. The front is carved with different carvings and shells and beads are nailed on. And in the research, I read that they encoded to this little bit of handheld wood. They encoded a complete history, geography, and essentially a knowledge system,. It's based on it, but adapted for my knowledge.

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