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Why would African sculpture not portray the human body as it looks in real life?

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In general, African sculpture represents human form, occasionally animal or both (as in a totem figure) and may be spiritual in nature.

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They want to stress various aspects of the human body for symbolic purposes. Thus, in proportion to the rest of the body, a sculptor should make the head larger to highlight the role of the head in leading one 's destiny.

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