{"product_id":"ancestors-goddesses-and-heroes-9783422990906","title":"Ancestors, Goddesses, and Heroes","description":"\u003cp\u003eProtecting, healing, or \npunishing—people of various eras and origins have attributed such powers\n to the sculptures that are being presented together here for the first \ntime: be it the sculpture of the Mangaaka from what is today the \nRepublic of Congo, the protective goddess Mahamayuri from China, or the \nMaria on the globe from Southern Germany. Forty-five objects created \nbetween the fourth and the nineteenth century from two museums in Berlin\n provide a vivid testimony to the ever-present need for protection and \norientation when dealing with individual or social crises. They \nrepresent the existence of an invisible world of gods, spirits, or \nancestors, and create a connection between this world and a \"different \nreality.\" As a result of how they are presented in museums, their \ncontext of use is, however, often lost—a situation that is reflected on \nby the authors of this book. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \n    \n    \n        \n            \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eObjects that protect people and offer orientation in crisis situations — a universal topic in the history of humankind \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stiftung Humboldt Forum","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48279245652219,"sku":"9783422990906","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9783422990906_c07fa332-720d-4e44-ab8c-69e2a73680f9.jpg?v=1772489794","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/ancestors-goddesses-and-heroes-9783422990906","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}