SOLD – African Mask – Fang Two

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African Mask – Fang Two
Size 7.5″ x 45″ Approx

These long angular Dan masks, among the rigidly stylistic in African Art, are used for hunting ceremonies, or in storytelling by traveling entertainers. Numbering some 3.5 million, the Fang people inhabit Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon, and speak variants of the Bantu language group. Fang society is strongly patrilineal and was known in previous years for hunting, waging war and even occasional cannibalism. They remain a powerful influence in their countries today. 

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SOLD – African Mask – Punu Three

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African Mask – Punu Three
Size 10′ X 15″ Approx

The Punu people of the east African nations of Cameroon, Gabon and the Congo produce some of the most strikingly beautiful masks in all of African art. The white faces of many Punu Masks are intended to ward off evil spirits and witches- and the tall hairdos typical of most Punu Masks signify that the woman is wealthy and thus never has to carry goods on her head. 

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SOLD – African Mask – Igbo Three

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African Mask – Igbo Three
Size 12′” x 14″ Approx

The Igbo people number about 8 million and live primarily in Nigeria. This hand-carved wooden mask from the Igbo

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SOLD – African Mask – Dan Three

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African Mask – Dan Three
Size 11″ x 17″ Approx

Dan masks have a typically high forehead, pouting mouth and pointed chin. They may also have scarification marks like the line that splits the forehead and nose in our example above. Dan masks are carved in wood and stained with a brown dye.

Dan masks are sacred objects. Dan masks are used for protection and as a channel for communication with the spirit world. The Dan also carry small ‘passport masks’ for personal protection when they are living away from home.

The Dan believe that their world is split into two domains: the human domain which is represented by the village and its people, and the spiritual domain which is represented by the forest and its spirits. When a dancer wears a Dan mask he becomes the spirit of that mask. A masked dancer will speak in the language of the spirits and his words are interpreted by a wise man.

Some dancers perform masked rituals on stilts. There are many different Dan masks, each of which has a distinct use during rituals or festivals. Some masks play an important part in tribal rites while others are simply for entertainment.

Dan masks are guarded by the go master, the head of the secret society of the leopard who are responsible for the initiation rites of young men into adulthood.

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SOLD – African Mask – Punu Two

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African Mask – Punu Two
Size 9″ x 13″ Approx

The Punu people of the east African nations of Cameroon, Gabon and the Congo produce some of the most strikingly beautiful masks in all of African art. The white faces of many Punu Masks are intended to ward off evil spirits and witches- and the tall hairdos typical of most Punu Masks signify that the woman is wealthy and thus never has to carry goods on her head. 

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SOLD – African Mask – Kwele

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African Mask – Kwele
Size 12.5″ x 12.5″ Approx

The Kwele believe in witchcraft and blame all their personal and social ills on its influence. The Kwele protect themselves against the power of witchcraft with the ‘beete’ ritual.

The ‘beete’ is a ritual that involves purification by the spirits who are represented in the form of ‘ekuk’ masks. ‘Ekuk’ means the ‘spirits of the forest’ and the ‘children of the beete’. Kwele masks represent the antelope whose flesh was eaten at the end of the ‘beete’ ritual.

Kwele masks have two large horns which sometimes encircle and frame the face. Areas of the face are often painted with white kaolin clay, the color of the spirits. Kwele ‘ekuk’ masks are beautifully stylised with a heart shaped face, almond shaped eyes and a small or non-existent mouth.

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SOLD – African Mask – Igbo

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African Mask – Igbo
Size 8.5″ x 20″

The Igbo people number about 8 million and live primarily in Nigeria. This hand-carved wooden mask from the Igbo

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SOLD – African Mask – Punu

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African Mask – Punu
Size 12″ x 17″ Approx

The Punu people of the east African nations of Cameroon, Gabon and the Congo produce some of the most strikingly beautiful masks in all of African art. The white faces of many Punu Masks are intended to ward off evil spirits and witches- and the tall hairdos typical of most Punu Masks signify that the woman is wealthy and thus never has to carry goods on her head. 
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SOLD – African Mask – Rasta

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African Mask – Rasta
Size 8.5″ x 13.5″

African Masks from the Rasta. The Rastafari movement is a religion which worships former Ethiopian regent and emperor Haille Salassie as the second coming of Christ. It originated in Jamaica in the 1930’s and coincided with Selassie’s heroic efforts to defend his homeland against the aggressions of Benito Mussolini in the Second Italo-Abyssinian War (Abyssinia being the name for the Ethiopian Empire). Selassie’s bravery in resisting the stronger and better armed Italians, and his prominence on the world stage as a political thinker drew a cult-like following.
 
The term Rastafari derives from “Ras”, an Ethiopian word meaning head or leader, and Selassie’s birth name “Tafari Makonnen.” Hence, Rastafari means “leader Tafari”. Though Selassie never directly claimed to be a deity, the name he took upon becoming emperor hinted as much: Haille Selassie, means “Power of the Trinity.” And he poignantly passed up several opportunities to deny his own divinity, most notably on a visit to Jamaica in 1966. Selassie exercised extraordinary influence over his county’s identity, serving as its Regent from 1916 to 1930, and Emperor from 1930 to 1974 – a total of 58 years as head of state. He was extremely well traveled, and greatly increased the prestige and profile of Ethiopia on the world stage.
 
While centered in Jamaica, there are Rastafarian communities in many countries including The United States, The United Kingdom, Ivory Coast, Malawi, Japan, the Sudan, and of course Ethiopia. Rastafarian movement holds that Selassie will return one day and lead Rastafarians to a paradise in Ethiopia.
 
The Rasta masks in our collection, like most Rasta masks, feature the famous dreadlocks by which most Rastafarians can be identified. Several theories seek to explain the origin of this hairstyle, among them is that they are an imitation of the Mau Mau warriors of Kenya who created the “dreaded lock” hairstyle to frighten their enemies in battle. The name has been truncated to “dreadlock.” These African masks, made of wood in Ethiopia, are hand rubbed to a dark finish on the front and feature the ritual scarifications carved into the face of many African people. The dreadlocks are accomplished by hanging hollow pieces of Bamboo on strong strips of cloth, or sometimes leather. 


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SOLD – African Mask – Baule

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African Mask – Baule
Size 11″ x 17″ Approx

This type of African mask is a Baule mask which is also known as a Goli mask. It is used in tribal dances during harvest festivals, in processions to honour distinguished visitors and at the funerals of important figures.

The circular face represents the life-giving force of the sun and the horns symbolize the great power of the buffalo. The mask is made of wood with two holes cut into the eyes to enable the wearer to see. The rectangular mouth is also typical of this type of mask.

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SOLD – African Mask – DAN

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African Mask – Dan
Size 8.5″ x 17″ Approx

Dan masks have a typically high forehead, pouting mouth and pointed chin. They may also have scarification marks like the line that splits the forehead and nose in our example above. Dan masks are carved in wood and stained with a brown dye.

Dan masks are sacred objects. Dan masks are used for protection and as a channel for communication with the spirit world. The Dan also carry small ‘passport masks’ for personal protection when they are living away from home.

The Dan believe that their world is split into two domains: the human domain which is represented by the village and its people, and the spiritual domain which is represented by the forest and its spirits. When a dancer wears a Dan mask he becomes the spirit of that mask. A masked dancer will speak in the language of the spirits and his words are interpreted by a wise man.

Some dancers perform masked rituals on stilts. There are many different Dan masks, each of which has a distinct use during rituals or festivals. Some masks play an important part in tribal rites while others are simply for entertainment.

Dan masks are guarded by the go master, the head of the secret society of the leopard who are responsible for the initiation rites of young men into adulthood.

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SOLD – Its Just The Music in The Family by Don Stephens

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Its Just The Music…
by Don Stephens
Original Acrylic on Canvas  
Size 30″ x 48″ Approx

Donald Stephens resides in Burlington County NJ since 1987.  He has attended Burlington County College obtaining an AAS 90’. Mr. Stephens then furthered his yearning for the arts at Temple University Tyler School of the Arts, where he has achieved his BFA 96’; simultaneously completing a full term in the United States Marine Corps Reserve as a Communicator. Lately, he has displayed his work in various locations in the Delaware Valley area and Northern New Jersey Area. To add, the role of Artist/Instructor/Lecturer  has been carefully added to his list of creative skill; teaching in the area art centers of Southern NJ: Markiem Art Center, Perkins Art Center, Burlington County College Community Enrichment,  Art Teacher at Garfield Park Academy and several other locations throughout the New Jersey , Philadelphia area. Mr. Stephens’s unique expressive quality enables him to create in several modes of material manipulation from wet to dry but has a deep passion for charcoal drawing. Within his observations Donald has formulated his own visual syntax that has been described as expressive, informative and imaginative simply by maneuvering material and experiences to convey a certain moment in time and space.
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I Love My Lover

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I Love My Lover

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Try on our classic, loose-fit T Shirt

Standard 5.3-ounce, 100% preshrunk cotton tee.

 

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Failed Policies by Ebony Thompson

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Failed Policies
by Ebony Thompson
Original Acrylic Oil Pastels on Canvas

Painter and Drawer Ebony Thompson is an artist from Freetown Sierra Leone, in West Africa. His work is usually in earth tone colors on canvas or illustration board. He has used his art to communicate the ebb and flow of the Africa diaspora’s experiences at home and America. His art also communicate his position on social issues that affects people of African descent. His intent is to stimulate thought and initiate dialogue as you view his work. He specializes in the use of oil pastels, and has developed a unique technique of using various solvents to improve the fluidity of oil pastels. in some of his works he has been able to merge pastels, oil paint sticks, acrylics and paint pencils on canvas to create appealing and sometimes challenging art. Expressing the transitional effects of light on his images has become his signature. He enjoys bringing images out of darkness into light which some have people have attributed as a parallel to his life in Freetown and United states. His art has been exhibited in various galleries in Brooklyn as well as the Contemporary Art Fair at the Jacob Javits Center.

Offered at $1,500
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