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Medal - 1st World Festival of Negro Arts
| Location | Senegal |
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| Year | 1966 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Central field features a stylized African ceremonial figure with raised arms supporting a crescent beneath a rayed sun, flanked by palm fronds. The legend is divided in two columns on either side of the central motif. The border is decorated with an elaborate geometric African pattern in relief. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | High-relief bust of a smiling African man in traditional dress playing a multi-stringed instrument (kora), shown three-quarter facing left. A quotation by L.S. Senghor is inscribed in the left field. The border is decorated with a series of oval cartouches containing various African motifs in relief. The engraver's signature R. JOLY appears to the right of the figure. |
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