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<P align=left><STRONG><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT color=#000000>For those of you who must plan in advance, like me! :)<BR>Gianet</FONT></FONT></STRONG></P>
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<P align=left><STRONG><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#000099><IMG height=133 alt="African ceremonial sword" src="http://www.depts.ttu.edu/museumttu/Materials%20for%20web/1606_Ngulu.gif" width=177 align=right border=1>May 17 - October 25</FONT><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><BR><FONT color=#990000><EM>A Double-Edged Weapon: The Sword as Icon and Artifact from the Higgins Armory Collection </EM></FONT><BR><FONT color=#000099>Galleries 2, 3 and 6</FONT><BR><FONT size=2>This exhibition introduces modern audiences to an object that is already universally familiar as an icon, yet largely unknown as a physical artifact. The exhibition showcases approximately 100 swords and sword elements and is drawn from the rich collections of the Higgins Armory Museum, the only museum in the northeastern United States dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of arms and armor. The story of the sword around the globe is one of diversity
reflecting local cultural tradition. The show emphasizes the dualities and complexities inherent in the artifact: in these deadly works of art, elegance grapples with brutality, esthetics with functionality, and reality with myth. </FONT></FONT></STRONG><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><STRONG><FONT size=1><BR></FONT></STRONG></FONT></P></DIV></div><br>
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