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Page 10, Portland Obaerver, March 11, 1987
Philip Mt oris SfMiruum.
Major African Art Exhibition at Virginia Museum o f Fine Arts
PERSPECTIVES: Angles on African Art, Brings Crowd o f
Near Record Size as Museum Opens New African Art Gallery
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to see that A h k a n art has had such an
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