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Ancient African Art

Ancient African Art. Elements of African Art. Resemblence to a human being Ideas about reality Express ideas about spirits or humans through human and animal images. Tankagle Mask. Dan, Liberia Cote d’Ivoire Wood, metal, fiber Spirits of the forest who use masks to appear to the people.

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Ancient African Art

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  1. Ancient African Art

  2. Elements of African Art • Resemblence to a human being • Ideas about reality • Express ideas about spirits or humans through human and animal images

  3. Tankagle Mask • Dan, Liberia Cote d’Ivoire • Wood, metal, fiber • Spirits of the forest who use masks to appear to the people

  4. Luminosity • Smooth Surface • Decorative shining • Rough surface= ugly and deformed

  5. Ere Ibeji • Yoruba Nigeria • Wood, beads, brass necklaces • Twins bless parents with good fortune • The head is 1/3 the size of the body because a person’s destiny or inner head • Smooth surface without sandpaper

  6. Akua’ba Female Statuette • Asante, Ghana • Wood • Induces pregnancy and assures safe delivery • Cared for as a child • Asante is matrilineal

  7. Self Composure • Subjects are proud, dignified, controlled and cool • Measured and rational way

  8. Sowei Mask • Mende Sierra Leone • Female beauty and Virtue • Neck Creases, good health • Lowered eyes no gossip • Composed inner serenity

  9. Youthfulness • Most of the subjects are young • Vigor • Productiveness • Fertility • Rarely shows/depicts illness and deformity

  10. Family Group • Makonde, Tanzania • Wood • Artistic unity, imagination, delicate detail • Made to trade with Europeans

  11. Gelede Headdress

  12. Gelede cont. • Yoruba, Nigeria • Wood • Festival honors creative and dangerous powers of women elders, Female ancestors, Goddesses • “our mothers” • Birds dangerous nocturnal powers • Snakes artsy and mastery as well as vigilance

  13. Clarity of form, balance and symmetry • High value of workmanship • Mastery of the medium

  14. Epa Headdress • Yoruba, Nigeria • Epa festival chiefs, farmers, warriors, hunters, priests and women • Men wear this mask while dancing • Herbalists heal and contol evil

  15. Chi Wara Headress • Bamana, Mali Republic • Wood, metal, threads • Farming headress honor the farming animal • Zig zag symbolizes the sun’s path

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