Material: wood. Size: 14″ x 7″ x 8″ FANTE. Ghana. Living along the Gulf of Guinea and in adjacent inland areas (southern Ghana), the Fanti, an Akan group have distinctive arts belonging to their military companies, Asafo.
On 27 June 2018, in exactly two months, Christie’s Paris will be selling 104 objects from a very prestigious Parisian collection of African art.
Chokwe mask ~ Songye mask ~ Punu mask ~ Goli mask ~ Shona mask ~ Teke mask ~ Fang mask ~ Tikar mask ~ Bauole mask ~ Guro mask ~ Maasai mask ~ Swazi mask ~ Kwele mask. AFRICAN MASKS . The African mask plays a constant sacred role in the life of the individual from early hood until burial.
African Masks – Kwele Mask. Kwele masks represent the antelope whose flesh was eaten at the end of the ‘beete’ ritual.
Guro Masks and Tribal Art African Masks and tribal art of the Guro tribe (Guru, Kweni) of the Ivory Coast
Songye tribe Kifwebe Mask: Democratic Republic of Congo – Zaire: The grooved pattern on the face of the mask (see image to the right) is a common characteristic of a female Kifwebe mask from the Songye tribe.
African masks and art from the Bambara tribe of Mali from GenuineAfrica.com
The history traditonal and tribal significance of African masks from the Fang tribe located along the bank of the Ogowe river
AFRICAN TRIBAL MASKS LIGBI BWA BAULE BIOMBO PUNU GOMA TEKE LULUA © www.artyfactory.com
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