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A Maasai warrior with cattle in Kenya. His beaded adornments are the kind of objects featured at the Baltimore Museum of Art's "Designs for Mobile Living: Art from Eastern Africa" exhibit. Britta Kasholm-Tengve/Getty Images hide caption

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"Market Symphony" is a new audio installation at the National Museum of African Art in Washington, D.C. The exhibition layers sound from a market in Lagos, Nigeria. The speakers are installed on enamelware trays which are often used in markets. Courtesy of the National Museum of African Art hide caption

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Symphony Of The City: Nigerian Artist Draws Songs From The Bustling Market

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The hand-colored photo, titled "Reclining young lady," is of Stella Osarhiere Gbinigie when she was 16. Solomon Osagie Alonge/Franko Khoury/National Museum of African Art hide caption

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