Top African Mask Sites

When most people think of African artwork they think of African masks. But many other items such as drums, sculpture, and fertility idols, also play important parts in African cultural life . Here at genuineafrica.com we've tried to include a variety of African masks from all regions of the continent including Benin, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Egypt, Ghana, Sudan, Mauritania, Congo, Gabon, Senegal,...

African ritual and ceremonial masks are usually made of wood and have holes along the sides where string or cord was used to hold the African mask in place. These holes can be used to mount the African mask on a display stand or hang on a wall. You could simply run a string or wire through the holes of the African mask to hang it, or mount it on a display base with an armature. The metal wire...

If you are looking to buy African masks or cheap African masks there are a few good places where you can find these. Here you can get the best tips to buy cheap African masks and other advice to buy African masks online. African art is all the rage now and masks are a great way to decorate a room in your home with an African motif. They come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes and vary widely...

Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi, UAE Tel: + 971 2690 8950 - Fax: + 971 2690 8951. African Art / Yoruba / Yoruba Wooden Polychrome Gelede Mask - PF.5405. African Art / Yoruba / Yoruba Wooden Polychrome Dance Mask - LA.576. African Art / Landuman Elephant Mask with Animal Hide - PF.4815. African Art / Toma Wooden Landai Mask with Feathers - PF.4812. African Art / Yoruba / Yoruba Wooden Headdress Mask...

Masks are only one of things that are common for the whole of humanity. They appeared almost at the same time everywhere and are used for the same things: from disguise and protection to ceremonies. You can read more about history of masks here. Masks are objects that cover the face for variety of reasons. They are used for protection, disguise, entertainment or ritual practices and are made...

For the Baule people of Ivory Coast, masks are danced and performed to entertain. This Mblo mask’s feminine features and colors create an image of calm and grace. The mask is meant to exemplify an ideal of personal beauty and composure. Mblo is the name of a performance category that uses face masks in skits and solo dances. Mblo masks, used in entertainment dances are one of the oldest of...

A Private Collection of African Tribal Art with a nice Gallery. The Bruneaf (Brussels Non European Art Fair) has now become one of the leading exhibitions on african tribal art in the world. In the cataloque of the 17. Bruneaf was announced, that all objects published in the cataloque were approved by experts of african tribal art. The members of the committee were well known persons. We were...

Discover our range of african art, aboriginal, oceanian, southeast asian and himalayan. Unique works of art selected by collectors of Art Africain.net. African statue, African mask but also oceanic, himalayan or southeast Asia.Aboriginal Paintings. All these genuine works of art have been chosen with great care to decorate your home and enrich your art collections.Discover African animism,...

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In African societies, the art and the production of aesthetic objects processed (that is to say, treated in terms of form) help create collective identities; this is because traditionally there was not writing yet and the transmission of knowledge was done orally or through a visual, like a mask or a statue. African art is therefore something of thought, involving man and its conception of the...