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In the late 1950s Indian chromolithographs started to be incorporated in Vodun art. [9] In Vodun belief all Indian spirits come from the sea; "India" and the sea are the same concept. [10] Chromolithographs representing Indian gods and printed in India, England or Nigeria have been widely distributed in West Africa since the 1950s.
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The study of African art until recently focused on the traditional art of certain well-known groups on the continent, with a particular emphasis on traditional sculpture, masks and other visual culture from non-Islamic West Africa, Central Africa, [15] and Southern Africa with a particular emphasis on the 19th and 20th centuries. Recently ...
Wider regional trends are apparent, and sculpture is most common among "groups of settled cultivators in the areas drained by the Niger and Congo rivers" in West Africa. [1] Direct images of African deities are relatively infrequent, but masks in particular are or were often made for traditional African religious ceremonies.
A motif may be repeated in a pattern or design, often many times, or may just occur once in a work. [1] A motif may be an element in the iconography of a particular subject or type of subject that is seen in other works, or may form the main subject, as the Master of Animals motif in ancient art typically does.
The kalka, or paisley motif, originated in Persia and Kashmir and has become an integral part of the subcontinental decorative motif. [21] It can be compared to a stylised leaf, mango, or flame. The kalka is an attractive motif, and a number of variations have been experimented with. Similar motifs can be found in traditional Kashmiri shawls.
A large part of uli are the repeated abstract designs, or motifs, that are reused and adapted across different pieces. [1] These motifs are named for either the part of the natural environment they resemble, the method of execution used to make the design, or the abstract shape they form. [4]
The other motifs are typical of the older adinkras. It is now on display in the National Museum of Ethnology in Leiden. [12] In November 2020, a school board in York, Pennsylvania, banned "a children's coloring book that featured African Adrinkra [sic] symbols found in fabrics, logos and pottery." [13] The decision was subsequently overturned. [14]