One of these objects is depicted with terracotta figures and neon lights in a piece titled for an Illumination of an original-language name for it. Ants walk between examples of these objects in Yukinori Yanagi pieces titled for these objects and ant farms. One of these objects that includes the word “Die,” followed by a racial slur, is titled for the moon and included in the Black Light series. Faith (*) Ringgold depicted a black man and two white people in a quilt titled for one of these objects bleeding. One of these objects is placed on the ground below a book in a Dread Scott piece whose title asks about the proper way to display this object. Three paintings of these objects stacked on top of each other in size order were created by Jasper Johns, who often used encaustic to paint them. For 10 points, name these objects studied by vexillologists. ■END■
ANSWER: flags [accept world flags or American flags or Japanese flags; accept The World Flag Ant Farm or What Is the Proper Way to Display a U.S. Flag or Three Flags]
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