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Korhogo Mud Cloth with Dancer and Two Birds: Researched by Hannah Harmon

September, 2020 by Sarah Teel

Korhogo mud cloth is one of the few African textiles that is produced by men. The cloths are made by painting iron-rich mud onto handmade panels of cotton cloth and then submerging the entire cloth into a dye made of boiled vegetation. The stylized images on the cloths are figures and animals that hold great symbolic meaning for the Senufo. The central figure on this cloth … [Read more...] about Korhogo Mud Cloth with Dancer and Two Birds: Researched by Hannah Harmon

Filed Under: 2016 Spring, ART 386: Art of Africa Tagged With: aftrican art, korhogo mud cloth, senufo culture

African Textiles: Researched by Hannah Woolridge

August, 2020 by Sarah Teel

Textiles are an important artform in many African cultures.  While weavers in some cultures are traditionally female, as among the Basotho of southern Africa, in other cultures men traditionally do the weaving, as among the Asante of Western Coastal Africa and the Senufo of Western Africa.  The weavers do use different types of looms, however; women tend to weave on upright, … [Read more...] about African Textiles: Researched by Hannah Woolridge

Filed Under: 2018 Spring, ART 386: Art of Africa Tagged With: africa, african art, asante culture, Basotho culture, female figurine, fila cloth, Helang Basali weavers, kente cloth, korhogo cloth, Lesotho culture, Matsepang, senufo culture, tapestry

African Status Symbols: Researched by Emily McClain and Zoë Pixler

August, 2020 by Ashley McLaughlin

As in most cultures, in African cultures, symbols of status are used to make distinctions among classes or other groups of people.  The owners of status objects are recognized as powerful, wealthy, or high-ranking.  In Africa, high-status individuals include people with hereditary power such as royalty; spiritual leaders; high-ranking military or civic leaders; prosperous … [Read more...] about African Status Symbols: Researched by Emily McClain and Zoë Pixler

Filed Under: 2018 Spring, ART 386: Art of Africa Tagged With: africa, african art, aksum-style, asante culture, ceremonial ladle, ceremonial scoop, dan culture, ethiopian culture, fly whisk, gabata board, hair comb, head rest, horsetail, irukere, karamojong culture, kente cloth, kudu figures, mancala board, oyokoman, senufo culture, senufo mask, wake mia, wunkirmian, yoruba culture

African Masks: Researched by Leslie Dunaway

February, 2019 by Ashley McLaughlin

Portrait masks are made by woodcarvers of the Baule culture to represent a specific woman from the area who is considered important among the villagers. Although they are made in the image of a specific woman, their faces are often idealized and somewhat generalized. They always emphasize the woman’s physical beauty, usually by giving the mask heavy, lidded eyes that gaze … [Read more...] about African Masks: Researched by Leslie Dunaway

Filed Under: 2018 Spring, ART 386: Art of Africa Tagged With: a-tshol, africa, african art, baga culture, baule culture, beautiful lady mask, cowrie shells, dan culture, deangle mask, kagle mask, portrait mask, senufo culture

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