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Marble bust of an African man, made in Venice, Italy, ~1700 AD (lemmy.nz)
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[–] SlamWich@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Ngl, it's so cool to see an African statue that hasn't been defaced?! Lovely

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

how do we know that they're African? Maybe he was just a Venetian

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O16237/bust-of-a-young-man-bust-unknown/

[–] SL3wvmnas@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago

Of course it's in a bri'ish museum!

[–] Bentheredonethat@discuss.online 1 points 1 year ago

Falcon Cap bust in the wild