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Mask from Gabon Two Chiwara c. late 19th early 20th centuries, Art Institute of Chicago.Female (left) and male, vertical styles. Most African sculpture from regions south of the Sahara was historically made of wood and other organic materials that have not survived from earlier than a few centuries ago, while older pottery figures are found from a number of areas.
In the latter, a younger woman sits on the shoulders of an older woman, seen as a kind of godmother in initiation rites. Volker emphasised the depiction of female attributes on these objects as an indication of the matrilineality of the respective ethnic groups in eastern Tanzania. [2]
This wooden female ancestor figure by an unknown Senufo artisan is part of the African collection of the Indianapolis Museum of Art, which is in Indianapolis, Indiana. Carved in the first half of the 20th century, it displays the artist's skill with form and respect for the powerful female half of the primordial couple.
The statue was built by Mansudae Overseas Projects, a North Korean sculpting company famous for various projects and large statues throughout Africa since the 1970s. [10] The statue was poorly received by art critics around the world after its much-delayed unveiling in 2010 and was compared by some to the (once-abandoned) Christopher Columbus ...
The piece references the saluting of the rising sun, in veneration of the supreme Igbo deity Chukwu. Ani rises out of the ground to salute the Sun and arches toward the sky. She wears a headdress and jewellery made of coral, the traditional regalia of the Edo people. [2] Her head is modelled after an Edo portrait sculpture of a Queen Mother.
Lev is a common Slavic name meaning "lion". The Latin name for Lviv is Leopolis, meaning "Lion City". The name of the city of Oran in Algeria is derived from the Berber root 'HR meaning lion, from which are also derived the names of Tahert and Souk Ahras. The name is attested in multiple Berber languages, for instance as uharu and ahra. A ...
The name "uli" is derived from the Igbo names of the plants ( Uli Ede eji, Uli Nkilisi, Uli Abuba, Uli Nkpo, Uli Aru nmadu) that are processed to produce the dye used to stain on designs. [5] According to local mythology, the practice developed as a gift from Ala , the goddess of earth, who blessed women with the ability to create art, as ...
Lamassu at the Iraq Museum, Baghdad.. The goddess Lama appears initially as a mediating goddess who precedes the orans and presents them to the deities. [3] The protective deity is clearly labelled as Lam(m)a in a Kassite stele unearthed at Uruk, in the temple of Ishtar, goddess to which she had been dedicated by king Nazi-Maruttash (1307–1282 BC). [9]