Thursday Sun Greetings
from a marvelous late 19th -early 20th c sun mask from the Bwa people of the Black Volta River region of Burkina Faso
#art #antique #antiqueart #langtrygallery #burkinafaso #bwa #africanmask #africanart #bwamask #sunmask #artdafrique #antiquario #arte #antiquités #kunst
Eyes wide open for Wednesday
Carved & pierced wood Mosquito Mask with paintwork on the front – Lwalwa / Lulua people of the southern D.R.C.
#art #antique #antiqueart #antiques #langtrygallery #artdafrique #africanmask #africanart #luluamask #mosquitomask #classicdecor #benalua #antiquario
Today we share our African mask tee: www.redbubble.com/i/camiseta/M...
#Tshirt #hoodie #gifts #giftideas #camiseta #sudadera #Africa #Tshirtdesign #tee #African #mask #máscara #africana #regalos #ideasregalo #africanmask
Vintage brass African mask head pendant. This is a great amulet. From the 1980s. In great condition! etsy.me/34urAeN #etsy #vintagejewelry #amulet #Africanmask #boho #ethnicjewelry #tribal #Kwanzaa #BlackHistoryMonth
Vintage brass African mask head pendant. This is a great amulet. From the 1980s. In great condition! etsy.me/34urAeN #etsy #vintagejewelry #amulet #Africanmask #boho #ethnicjewelry #tribal #Kwanzaa #BlackHistoryMonth
Monkey Ceremonial mask
Baule peoples,
Ivory Coast, West Africa
#tribal #tribalart #tribalmask #monkeymask #bauleculture #baule #ivorycoast #westafrica #africanmask #africanart #ethnographic #monkey #ritual #religion #initiation #protection
Vintage brass African mask head pendant. This is a great amulet. From the 1980s. In great condition! etsy.me/34urAeN #etsy #vintagejewelry #amulet #Africanmask #boho #ethnicjewelry #tribal #Kwanzaa #BlackHistoryMonth
Chihongo represents a male spirit and refers to wealth and power. This mask would have only have been worn by a high-ranking member of society or his sons during festivities, especially during the proceedings of the mukanda, or male initiation Rites.
Cihongo Male ceremonial mask
wood, fabric, cord
Chokwe people
early 20th century
Angola, Africa.
#chokwe #cihongo #maleinitiation #handmade #tribalart #tribalmask #africanart #ethnographic #ritual #mask #africanmask
Can you mix different styles and periods in your home? of course!
-late 19th -early 20th c Bwa sun mask
-Larry Dial 1960s mahogany sculpture
-James Pitton 1955 "Cat Piano"
-Paul Cadmus 1938 "Two Boys on a Beach"
#art #langtrygallery #jamespitton #burkinafaso #africanmask #bwamask #paulcadmus
Vintage brass African mask head pendant. This is a great amulet. From the 1980s. In great condition! etsy.me/34urAeN #etsy #vintagejewelry #amulet #Africanmask #boho #ethnicjewelry #tribal #Kwanzaa #BlackHistoryMonth
Wé-Guéré (Ngere) / Wobé mask
wood, pigment, fiber
early 20th century
Ivory Coast
#weguere #ngere #wobe #mask #africanart #tribalart #ivorycoast #tribal #mask #tribalmask #africanmask #wegueremask #wobemask
Vintage brass African mask head pendant. This is a great amulet. From the 1980s. In great condition! etsy.me/34urAeN #etsy #vintagejewelry #amulet #Africanmask #boho #ethnicjewelry #tribal #Kwanzaa #BlackHistoryMonth
Thursday kiss
A truncated photo of this wonderful Kpelie Senoufo Carrying Mask from Côte d'Ivoire / 19th c
#art #antique #antiqueart #vintageart #antiques #langtrygallery #kpelie #homedecor #africanart #africanmask #korhogo #côtedivoire #cotedivoire #artforyourhome #antiquario #arte #antiquités
A huge vintage 1960s 70s one of a kind handmade sand-cast mixed metals bronze with iron dangles African Mask modernist pendant on fabric cord necklace with two yellow beads. Striking mid century tribal design that makes an incredible statement when worn!! Pendant measures 4-3/4" long by 2-1/8" widest on 26" necklace, and weighs a super hefty 93.1 grams total. Unmarked, and no doubt a one of a kind entirely handmade creation by a talented jewelry artist! Excellent vintage condition.
A huge vintage 1960s 70s one of a kind cast bronze & hammered iron African Mask tribal modernist pendant necklace - measures 4.75" tall!
Available...
www.rubylane.com/item/1879775...
#african #tribal #africanmask #africanjewelry #tribaljewelry #handmade #necklace #oneofakind #bronze #iron #art
Saturday's for Dancing
19th - 20th c carved and painted Kidumu dance mask from the Téké-Tsaye (of the Congo)
#art #antique #antiqueart #Teke #tsaye #africanmask #congo #kidumu #langtrygallery #artdafrique #africa #africansculpture #africanart #tsaaye #antiquario #arte #artafricain #artinafrica
Vintage brass African mask head pendant. This is a great amulet. From the 1980s. In great condition! etsy.me/34urAeN #etsy #vintagejewelry #amulet #Africanmask #boho #ethnicjewelry #tribal #Kwanzaa #BlackHistoryMonth
Sunday Sun Greetings
from a marvelous late 19th-early 20th c sun mask from the Bwa people of the Black Volta River region of Burkina Faso
#art #antique #antiqueart #antiques #langtrygallery #burkinafaso #bwa #africanmask #africanart #bwamask #artforyourhome #antiquario #arte #antiquités
This comb-shaped mask is associated with the Ntomo initiation society, the first stage of ritual education for young Bambara boys before their integration into adult life. The Ntomo society guided their moral, social, and spiritual training through a structured learning process marked by codified rites. The masks were worn by older initiates during public processions and dances, through which symbolic messages were conveyed to the community. With its comb shape and stylized features, this type of mask embodies the values of self-control, balance, and discipline expected from the future members of society.
Comb mask with seven teeth
Wood, traces of white pigment, old brown patina, internal signs of use
early 20th century
Ntomo society
Bambara, Mali
#africa #bambara #mali #ntomosociety #initiation #ritual #religion #africanart #africanmask #secretsociety #tribalart #tribalmask #ivorycoastart #art
Wall hanging bust of Santa Muerte the skeleton folk saint in a red hooded robe with praying hands clasping a gold colored rosary and a textured cold colored round halo behind her head.
A rectangular beige plate hanging from a brown beaded cord with a fringe of beige beads and metal coins hanging from the bottom. There brown block Hebrew writing all over it in shapes and bosex and around the sides and I think that the name ha shem tetragrammaton in the center top box
A flat mask of weathered brown wood with slit almond shaped eyes a long straight ridge from the topnof the head to nearvthe mouth for the nose and a little mouth with two fangs. The Tage says Gabon Congo $350
A stylized drawing of Jesus crucified dark grey on silver superimposed on a ruddy warm traditional landscape of a lakeside at sunrise or sunset in shades of green and orange, there's a silver border with a star at each corner
Went to the Cobb Antique Mall after I started reading God: An Anatomy Francesca Stavrakopoulou and this stuff just sort of jumped out at me. There's more I might post later.
#ReligiousArt #Antiques #SantaMuerte #Judaism #Christianity #AfricanMask
A lovely 19thc Bembe mask, Democratic Republic of Congo
Possibly from Mbagani (Babindji) culture (a subgroup of Lulua/Luba culture
#art #antique #antiqueart #antiques #langtrygallery #africanart #congo #africanmask #artforyourhome #antiquario #arte #antiquités
The Ogoni people are an ethnic minority group indigenous to Ogoniland, a region in the Niger Delta of southern Nigeria. Historically, they were a peaceful, agricultural, and fishing community whose lives were devastated by large-scale oil spills, pollution, and environmental degradation caused by oil exploration starting in the 1970s. Their struggle for environmental justice and rights gained international attention through the efforts of environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, who led the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP). The Ekpo society is a secretive, male-only cultural institution, also known as the "ghost society," originating from the Efik, Ibibio, and Annang peoples of Nigeria. Known for its fearsome masquerades, it serves to enforce ancestral norms, uphold social order, and maintain spiritual beliefs regarding the afterlife and the influence of ancestors. Members impersonate ancestors to instill fear in non-initiates, particularly women, who are excluded from the society's core activities and rituals.
Anthropozoomorphic face mask of the
"ekpo" society
wood, heavily encrusted patina
early 20th century
Ogoni people
Nigeria
#africanart #tribalart #ogonipeople #ekposociety #ritual #ancestorworship #initiation #mask #tribalmask #africanmask #carved #wood #handmade #
Songye Kifwebe wood mask
wood, pigment
mid 20th century
DRC Congo, Africa
Available...
www.rubylane.com/item/1879775...
#africa #africanart #tribal #tribalart #handamde #carved #wood #pigments #songye #kifwebe #mask #africanmask #tribalmask #dance #ritual #initiation #protection #fertility #art
This anthrozoomorphic mask stands out for the richness of its iconography, incorporating expressive zoomorphic attributes: animal horns, simian-like snout, and omnipresent tubular eyes. These eyes symbolize an absolute vigilance-essential to the mask's role in Guéré society. Used in rituals to identify wrongdoers or restore communal order, this type of mask embodied supernatural justice. Its powerful visual language, balancing human figuration and animal borrowings, reinforces the aura of authority and mystery inherent to these mediating figures.
Dance mask
wood, old brown patina
late 19th century
Guere people
Ivory Coast
#tribalart #guerepeople #carved #handmade #mask #gueremask #dancemask #africanmask #africanart #tribalart #tribalmask #art #ritual #protection #fertility #initiation #ritualdance #culture #religion
Point what you want!
(Don’t trust the Internet and the oligarchs)
Paper Thing Chart 649 - 652
By Meister Jeder, Dadaist, Hüter des Kunstfriedens von 1961 und Realistiker 9/25
#dada #Nature #Color #Art #AIart #PicturePanel #Thing #animals #Bildtafel #Dinge #AfrikanischeMasken #AfricanMask
The Lele make masks that have much in common, both visually and functionally, with those of their neighbors in the central Kuba kingdom, but are much rarer. Such masks appear principally at the funerals of chiefs and elders but are also used in annual performances that celebrate and teach the history of Lele origins and migrations.
Ritual Mask
carved wood, pigment
Kuba (Lele subgroup)
late 19th century
DRC, Africa
#tribal #tribalart #africa #africanart #kuba #lele #drc #congo #mask #wood #pigment #ritual #religion #19thcentury #africanmask #tribalmask #lelemask #lelepeople #leleculture
Eyes wide open for Monday
Carved wood pierced Mosquito Mask with paintwork on the front – Lwalwa / Lulua people of the southern Democratic Republic of Congo
#art #antique #antiqueart #vintageart #antiques #langtrygallery #africanmask #africanart #congoleseart #luluamask #artforyourhome
