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In the World of Art Collection,"primitive" Objects,such as Masks,can Command

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In the world of art collection,"primitive" objects,such as masks,can command extravagant prices.As an anthropologist,how would you feel about the classification of such things as "art" to be collected,exhibited in museums,auctioned off at Sotheby's,and so on? What impact might the designation of cultural objects as "art" have on the people who make them?


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