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Spring 2006
On the cover:
Left: Bottle with image of a priestess in a boat. Moche culture. Colección Oscar Rodriguez Razzetto, Peru. Right: Anthropomorphic vessel representing a woman with her body painted to resemble clothing. National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico.
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Divine and Human
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Women's divine ability to create life and their earthly ability to nurture life gave them an elevated status in the pre-Columbian societies of Latin America. With over three hundred ancient objects excavated from sites in modern-day Mexico and Peru, NMWA's current exhibition explores women's roles as healers, artists, priestesses, warriors, governors,
and goddesses.
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Also in this issue
Features
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The Everyday Grace of Naomi Shihab Nye
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Homey images of the writer's family alternate with heartbreaking stories of the Jews and Palestinians living in the war-torn Middle East in You & Yours, Naomi Shihab Nye's most recent book of poetry. Defining an intersection for quotidian life and world events, Nye's new collection
encourages the building of communities in place of boundaries.
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Yvonne Welbon: Sisters in Cinema
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In an interview with KJ Mohr, filmmaker Yvonne Welbon talks about her documentary Sisters in Cinema and her mission to establish an environment where the contributions of African American women are recognized and appreciated.
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