Passages from the Bible are read out while sculpted objects and monumental art works glide slowly past the camera. Most of them represent female figures in different stages of their life: women at work, pregnant women and mothers with children. The film shows a series of everyday objects such as headrests, chairs, combs, pipes, musical instruments and chiefs' sticks
Passages from the Bible are read out while sculpted objects and monumental art works glide slowly past the camera. Most of them represent female figures in different stages of their life: women at work, pregnant women and mothers with children. The film shows a series of everyday objects such as headrests, chairs, combs, pipes, musical instruments and chiefs' sticks
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