Art of Africa
bolster
(v.) to support, give a boost to; (n.) a long pillow or cushion; a supporting post
Crucifix
16th-17th century, Democratic Republic of the Congo; Angola; Republic of the Congo, solid cast brass, 27.3 cm high A cross with Jesus on it
Male and Female Poro Altar Figures
19th-mid-20th century Senufo peoples Korhogo reegion Bandama River region Côte d'Ivoire wood, pigment
Nkisi n'kondi (power figure)
Anthropomorphic Kongo statue carved by spiritual specialist who activates figures though prayers, sacred substances, and insertion of nails
intermediaries
Instead, the supreme deity is petitioned through intermediaries, or lesser spirits.
Senufo
Mali, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast
Masquerades
Masquerades involve the active participation of dancers, musicians, and even the vehicle through which these invisible powers become manifest (a masquerade is a social gathering of persons wearing masks and often fantastical costumes).
outskirts
N. /边界；郊区；外围/fringes; outer borders. We lived, not in central London, but in one of those peripheral suburbs that spring up on the outskirts of a great city.
Sacrificial offerings
The offerings that were brought to the temple
fa
a divination ceremony of Fon People at Republic of Benin.
diviner
a person who is believed to have the power to foretell events or A diviner is a person with the power to use invocation and manipulation of spiritual entities,potent objects, and herbal mixtures to intercede with the gods on behalf of the people.
genesis
forming, producing, origin
Dr. Christa Clarke
https://smarthistory.org/author/dr-christa-clarke-copyright-2006-by-the-metropolitan-museum-of-art-new-york/
morale
n. 精神气貌 to bolster morale
initiate
n.新加入组织的人
ark
n.方舟
initiated
n.知情人士
potency
power; strength; force
precluded
prevented "Although the acceptance of Islam or Christianity sometimes precluded the practice of traditional religions, in many cases they coexisted or were incorporated into preexisting beliefs." from Khan
Fon
the major African slave trading ethnic group in Benin, southwest Nigeria
donning
to put on
recount
to tell in detail
secluded
vt. 隔离 isolated from others adj.僻静的
conceived
vt.想出（idea）； 构想（project，works of art； 怀有（feeling） to conceive a hatred for sb. or sth. vi. to be conceive of doing sth. Nature spirits, appealed to by Baule diviners in Côte d'Ivoire for spiritual insights, are conceived of as grotesque beings associated with untamed wilderness.
Guinea
几内亚 West Africa
Burkina Faso
布基纳法索；West Africa
A patchwork effect
拼凑效果
Indigenous Religions
本土的信仰 Belief systems and philosophies practiced and traditionally passed from generation to generation among peoples within an indigenous tribe or group
precluded
杜绝（error） 防止（identification） 排除（suspicion） prevented; made impossible in advance
antelope
羚羊
untamed wilderness
荒蛮的原野 Many Europeans viewed the US as this before settlement, which does not acknowledge the work of Native Americans.
intercede
说情 (v.) to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement