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Liberian artists both in the country and diaspora have also gained recognition for various styles of paintings in abstract, perspective, and graphic art. Due to its strong relationship with the United States, Liberia has also produced its own American-influenced quilts.
By the late 1930s, a Liberian government decree outlawing all brass jewelry resulted in an abundance of brass, which brass-casters used to create figurative sculptures. Typically, figures stand at about 8 inches tall and carry objects of cultural importance in their hands. The figures were made principally as prestige items.
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Nomoli figurines are among the earliest works of art from Sierra Leone. [3] The figurines and similar stone sculptures are the only known remains of an empire that existed hundreds of years ago in what is now Sierra Leone and Liberia. Portuguese explorers first recorded the existence of the figurines in the fifteenth century. [1]
Masks are the most important art form of the Dan people of Liberia. [1] The Dan people refer to these masks as gle or ge , terms that refers both to the physical mask and the individual spirits the mask is believed to embody during masquerade performances.
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The National Museum of Liberia is a national museum in Monrovia, Liberia.Initially housed in the First Executive Mansion on Ashmun Street of the city which is now used as a library, it was established by an Act of the National Legislature in 1958 under the administration of Liberia's 18th President, Dr William V.S. Tubman.
He was actually one of the last chief warriors of the Dan to have resisted the Americo-Liberian military push into Nimba. Gonsahn Ghe'Gbeu was from Miampleu Yeezleu, Nimba County. He also drove the Kphelehs from Eastern Liberia. [citation needed] After Liberia became a nation in 1847, the new government in Monrovia began pacifying the Dan ...