Africa | Triple face mask from the Lega or Lengola people of DR Congo | Wood, white kaolin, encursted patina | ca. early to mid 20th century (via Pinterest)
ART of AFRIKA
Traditional arts, textiles and sculpture with contemporary African artists
Wosene Worke Kosrof (via Pinterest)
Africa | We (Ngere) Mask, Gere Subgroup, from the Ivory Coast | Likely to have been either a war (te’e gla) or wisdom (gla kla’a) mask (via Pinterest)
El Anatsui - Hong Kong International Art Fair 2010 (via Pinterest)
African Art Pinterest
Growing Pinterest board of traditional Masks, textiles, sculpture, architecture and contemporary art
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Fabric - West africa
“Revenant”, Egun Spirit - Guinea
A prayer rug with a Koran as well as several in cans for ablutions sit outside the entrance of Bobo Dioulasso’s old mosque
Mosque - Timbuktu, Mali
Painted Dwellings - Tiebele, Burkina Faso
Yaure Mask, Ivory Coast
West African mask - Metropolitan Museum of Art
Raffia, cut pile and embroidery, Shoowa “Velvet” - Shoowa people, Kuba Kingdom, Congo
We Mask - Liberia, Africa
Mask - West Africa
