Anthropologists Do Not Use the Term "Primitive" to Refer to Art

question 89

Multiple Choice

Anthropologists do not use the term "primitive" to refer to art because:

• A) they cannot agree on a definition for the term.
• B) primitive art is a craft, not really an art.
• C) it has connotations of inferiority.
• D) contemporary societies do not make such art at the present.
• E) small-scale societies do not use the term.

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