The early twentieth-century interest in the art of Africa, Oceania, and other cultures was known at the time as

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The term used at the time to describe the interest in the art of Africa, Oceania, and other cultures was primitivism, which often carried connotations of exoticism and primitiveness. This term has since been critiqued for its colonial implications and the ways in which it flattens the complexity and diversity of non-Western cultures.

The Early Twentieth-Century Interest in the Art of Africa, Oceania