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African Symbols

von Heike Owusu

Non-Fiction Art Culture Anthropology History

ISBN

9781402746222

Verlag

Sterling Publishing Company

Erschienen

01.01.1970

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African art cultural symbols African culture masks Ashanti script sacred items African life justice and retribution demon masks Senufo Ivory Coast witchcraft sculptures cave paintings status symbols everyday art African mythology traditional art symbolic meanings art history anthropology visual culture African heritage ethnography African studies cultural anthropology art appreciation symbolic art.

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From masks to the symbolic script of the Ashanti, symbols play an important role in all aspects of African life. These sacred items come in a breathtaking array of styles, and here, divided into six areas of cultural similarity, are some of the most beautiful, along with explanations of their meanings. Demons, for most Africans, are responsible for justice and retribution: the superb demon mask shown depicts Kponingo, who belongs to the mythical world of the Senufo in the Ivory Coast. A calabash with the beak of a hornbill, adorned with cowrie shells and made by medicine men, is a typical instrument of witchcraft. Other fascinating symbols include sculptures, cave paintings, status symbols, and art for everyday use.