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nomoli (figurines, <sculpture by subject type>, ... Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Small sculptures, usually of soapstone or steatite, of humans, animals, or monsters, generally three inches to six inches high, from Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Liberia, West Africa, and of unknown date, probably the 7th to the 14th century; may have been ancestor figures, but now used as spirit representations.
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| nomoli (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
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| nomoli (Portuguese-P,D,U,U)
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| nomoli (Spanish-P,D,U,SN)
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| nomoli (Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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| nomori (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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| numori (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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| 諾莫里 (C,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U)
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| nuò mò lǐ (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U)
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| nuo mo li (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U)
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| no mo li (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U)
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| Nomoli (C,U,German-P,D,B)
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| Nomori (C,U,German,UF,B)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: V.VC |
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.... Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name) (G) |
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........ Visual Works (hierarchy name) (G) |
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............ visual works (works) (G) |
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................ <visual works by material or technique> (G) |
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.................... sculpture (visual works) (G) |
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........................ <sculpture by subject type> (G) |
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............................ figurines (G) |
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................................ nomoli (G) |
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| Chinese (traditional) ..... 皂石或塊滑石製的小型雕像，一般三到六英寸高，為人類、動物或怪物造型，見於西非、獅子山、幾內亞和賴比瑞亞。製作時間不明，推測約在七至十四世紀之間；可能是昔日先人的雕像，現在則當成神靈的象徵物。 |
| Dutch ..... Kleine beeldhouwwerken, meestal van zeepsteen of steatiet, voorstellend mensen, dieren of monsters, meestal 7 tot 15 centimeter hoog en afkomstig uit Sierra Leone, Guinea en Liberia, West-Afrika, en van onbekende datum, waarschijnlijk uit de 7e tot 14e eeuw; kunnen voorvaderlijke figuren zijn geweest, maar worden nu als geestvoorstellingen gebruikt. |
| German ..... Kleine Skulptur, meist aus Speckstein oder Steatit, stellt Menschen, Tiere oder Monster dar, meist drei bis sechs Inches (7,62 cm bis 15,24 cm) hoch, aus Sierra Leone, Guinea und Liberia (West-Afrika) und mit unsicherer Datierung, wahrscheinlich 7. bis 14. Jahrhundert, kann Vorfahrenfigur genutzt worden sein, wird aber heute als Geistdarstellung verwendet. |
| Portuguese ..... Esculturas pequenas de humanos, animais ou monstros, geralmente feitas de pedra-sabão ou esteatita, que medem aproximadamente entre 7,5 cm e 15,5 cm de altura, da Serra Leoa, Guiné e Libéria, Oeste da África, e com data desconhecida, provavelmente dos séculos VII ao XIV; podem ter sido figuras ancestrais, mas agora são usadas como representantes de espíritos. |
| Spanish ..... Úsese para pequeñas esculturas, usualmente de saponita o esteatita, de humanos, animales o monstruos, generalmente de 7,6 centímetros a 15,3 centímetros de alto, de Sierra Leona, Guinea y Liberia, África Occidental y fecha desconocida, probablemente del siglo VII al XIV; pueden haber sido figuras de ancestros, pero hoy en día se usan como representaciones de ancestros. |
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