THE approximately 70 pieces presented in “Exotic Encounters: Art, Travel and Modernity in the Collection of the Bruce Museum” may seem an incongruous lot. Paintings, sculptures and prints are displayed alongside American Indian beaded leather, carved African pipes and a Chilkat ceremonial blanket. There’s an Irish Belleek urn, tiny silk shoes from China, two elephant tusks nearly six feet tall and a stuffed six-plumed bird of paradise. rent kiev apartment
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