African Mask Symbols
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'Mask and Symbols' $459.95 Four masks gaze at the viewer in a painting filled with West African symbols. Surrounded by traditional adinkra symbols, the masks represent Ghanaian identity. Shaped like a bird looking over its shoulder, the sankofa tells viewers to learn from the past. Chief of all adinkra symbols, the adinkrahene stands for greatness and leadership while the symmetrical gye nyame with its rotating blades represents God's omnipotence and immortality. |
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'Symbols' $421.16 Geometric symbols appear in dreamlike colors, hovering on rectangles of vivid color. Enigmatic and imposing, they align on a canvas quickened with mystery. Robert Osei Anim explores his Ghanaian legacy in a cryptic composition. "Symbols talk a lot about our African past and they also have meaning," he confides. |
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African wood mask, 'Harvest Festival' $129.95 Kwaku Ofosuhene Apenteng designs an original mask for the harvest festival. "This mask tells about the fertility of the land as antelopes are symbols of agricultural festivities," explains the Ghanaian artisan. He carves and paints the sese wood mask by hand featuring the image of an antelope on the forehead. |
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'Orchestrated Symbols' $669.95 Geometric symbols become West African design motifs that dance in bright array. Acrylic textures and cheerful color fill this canvas by Jake Kwesi Bennett. Achieving a balance of shape and hue, he shares a glimpse of his Ghanaian vision. |
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Akan wood mask, 'Ghostly Image' $79.95 Luminescent brass glows against dusky sese wood as a dramatic red line courses through the incandescent design. West African symbols envelop this mask's smooth contours in profound aesthetic history. Believed in the Akan community to depict humility, this mask serves as an attractive reminder of the dangers of human arrogance. Ralph Kwasi Agudze carves the piece from naturally dried sese wood and adorns his work with gleaming brass and subtle aluminum. The mask is finished with mansion polish to accentuate the wood's rich qualities. |
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African wood mask, 'Harvest Chief' $42.29 The Gabogi people of Nigeria celebrate a good harvest during the Mashgu Festival, when the chief wears the Bariwa or Authority mask. Impressed by its beauty, Abdul Aziz Mohamadu creates a faithful replica as he carves the mask from African sese wood. The mask is embellished with painted details, embossed aluminum and white clay. |