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| The Great Court. This is a vast hall connecting many of the sections of the museum. The large room that sits in the middle of the Great Court is the reading room, which has floor to ceiling bookcases full of leather bound books containing information about the museum's collection. | This piece is titled 'Throne of Weapons'. Its located in the recently opened Africa Galleries, which excludes Egypt as it has several dedicated galleries. The Africa Gallery as a whole is an enormous disappointment, but there are a few contemporary pieces such as this which make it worthwhile. It was made by the Mozambiquean artist, Kestor, from Russian, European and American weapons collected under amnesty since the end of the civil war in Mozambique in 1992. In Africa seats of all types may be decorated with images, including guns and weapons, which reflect the owner's power. |
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| This piece may be of
interest to all the Grim Fandango fans out there (the Lucas Arts game that
is). War, part of a larger piece called the 'Atomic Apocalypse' by the Linares Family, Mexico AD 1983. Click here for more information on the whole piece and the Mexican Day of the Dead.
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These pieces are from the Living and Dying exhibition which explores the ways in which people around the world seek well-being for themselves and their communities in the face of illness and suffering. I can't remember what this guy above was for (scaring things off, at a guess), the museum was evacuated for some reason shortly after I took these photographs. There were five fire engines and busloads of confused American tourists at the front of the building, but no visible fire. |
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| Above: Mosaic mask of Tezcatlipoca Aztec/Mixtec, 15th-16th century AD From Mexico The skull of the Smoking Mirror
Right: Mosaic mask of
Quetzalcoatl Above Right: This mask is just part of the Aztec Turquoise Mosaics collection at the British Museum.
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12 October 2003