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From the Catalogue
By Stephen_Normal
14 May 2005

I saw an ad in a glossy homeware catalogue that came in a Sunday paper. I took the blurb for a particular furnishing pretty much verbatim. Hmm...I guess you could say that this is about the appropriation of indigenous culture to coffee table culture. You could say that. You could.


From the Catalogue

You too can have the gentle majesty
of our African people
on your coffee table or sideboard.

The ebony black finish and polished marble
eyes, we feel, perfectly capture and evoke
the culture and the history of that continent.

For just twenty-nine ninety-five,
you too can be an anthropologist
in your own home, on your own
coffee table or sideboard.

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Written by spiderbaby49 (137 comments posted) 20th May 2005
Nicely observed. 
 
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