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African Tourist-Trade Animal Sculpture Researched by Ashley McLaughlin and Morgan Davis

February, 2019 by Ashley McLaughlin

The Maasai, the Kikuyu, the Kamba, and other native cultures of Kenya did not traditionally do figural woodcarving before the early 20th century.  The Kamba, for example, limited their woodcarving to medicinal, spiritual, or funerary objects such as medicine staffs, wooden stoppers for gourds, and horn medicine containers.  Then, shortly after World War I, a Kamba soldier in … [Read more...] about African Tourist-Trade Animal Sculpture Researched by Ashley McLaughlin and Morgan Davis

Filed Under: 2018 Fall, ART 386: Art of Africa Tagged With: african art, african tourist trade, antelope, art of africa, bottle stopper, east africa, ebony wood, elephant, giraffe, kamba, kenya, kikuyu, leopard, maasai, makonde, mask, munge, sculpture, shilling, silver coin, tourist trade, warthog, wine stopper, zebra

African Tourist-Trade Figural Art Researched by Cal Wylie

February, 2019 by Ashley McLaughlin

Woodcarving is an especially important economic activity for the Makonde of Mozambique, the Makonde of Tanzania, and the Senegalese of Western Coastal Africa, among others.  These cultures have developed new forms of wooden sculpture as a direct response to the tourist trade in Africa.  Rather than adapting traditional works, they have developed new types of sculpture using … [Read more...] about African Tourist-Trade Figural Art Researched by Cal Wylie

Filed Under: 2018 Fall, ART 386: Art of Africa Tagged With: african art, african tourist-trade figural art, art of africa, makonde, mazombique, mpingo blackwood, sculpture, senegal, senegalese, tanzania, thinker, western coastal africa

African Masks and Headdresses Researched by Alexandra Thrower

December, 2018 by Ashley McLaughlin

            With over 3,000 diverse ethnic groups spread over 54 countries, Africa offers a huge variety of traditions, customs, and forms of art.  Among the most famous artworks produced on the continent are functional masks, which reflect the great importance of theater and masquerades in African education, ritual, and entertainment.  Different forms of masks include face … [Read more...] about African Masks and Headdresses Researched by Alexandra Thrower

Filed Under: 2016 Spring, ART 386: Art of Africa, Uncategorized Tagged With: african art, african masks, art 386, bamana, do society mask, dyoboli mask with antelope head, fertility body mask, fertility mask, helmet mask, ligbi, lipiko helmet mask, lumbo punu, makonde, masks, okuyi female spirit mask

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