The masks I found around Banfora were from a couple of different sources - some small traders (one with a shop) and a village. I have put better images in a...
ABSOLUTELY STUNNING, I'm a huge fan of burkina faso art. With the exception of 3 songye and a dan mask, I got rid of everything else and fill my collection...
Yes, Andrew. Thanks so much for sharing your photos. Equally alluring as the richness of current life in Ouagoudougou and other places captured are the...
The sandstone pillars are stunning! I've never seen anything quite like it - makes me want to go! Thanks for posting. Regards Josh Sent from my iPhone...
Hello! I wonder if anyone recognize the orgin of this mask? http://groups.yahoo.com/group/African_Arts/photos/album/1886551390/pic/list I bought it this year...
It´s a mask from the Holo tribe in Angola/Congo. I also posted this question to Bob Ibold - http://www.masksoftheworld.com. He pushed me in the right...
Hello! This piece has tricked me for a longtime and I´m really interested in any opion about this figures orgin. The figure are not old and it was most...
Odd that no one has pointed out that the image did not transmit. I will try again. Here is the link for the image. Apparently an attachment does not suffice....
Dear Beth, I belatedly saw your query regarding the Yoruba tunic. It is an unusual adaptation for wearing of a textile usually worn wrapped. I assume it is a...
Mikael: I think that your observations are correct. The figure displays embellishments suggestive of Songye influence, but the carving does not in general...
Greetings. I'm glad I found this forum. My dad spent several months in Africa in the 1960s working for the Department of Agriculture. He died a few years...
Thank you Lee and Ed for your respons. Ed thanks for the recommendation of the Songye book by Francios Neyt, I´ve already been studying it but I did´nt find...
Please join me with the african day parade and festivals team and senator Bill Perkins, and the Police Commissioner, Hon Raymond W. Kelly, along with African...
Hello everyone, new here and ready to learn about African Art. Starting off, how can you tell a high end mask from one sold to tourist. I recently purchased...
Ronnie: In brief... Above and beyond analysis of visually observable characteristics consistent with known and verified examples of the class of mask in...
I have a Kuba Elephant Mukenga Mask (I think) that I would like to get some more information about. I can't find too much on the internet and I have tried...
Hello Becky, Your "elephant"; mask (called Mwaash aMbooy in its royal version), is a very late example. You will note that it was not constructed in the...
I recently purchased a large totem pole? Looks african. Also 2 spears. These items are old. The spears are steel. I have photos. Would anybody know anything...
Hello Edmund, The totem pole is not african but indonesian. The position of the figures have features of a style existing in some areas of Indonesia...
It is hard to tell with the spears. Can you post a close up of the spear heads themselves and of the connection point where they attach to the handle....
Hello. I bought this Baule figure at an auction this year in Sweden, it was just one of about many items from a rather big collection that the former owner had...
Greetings I cant find anything like it in the Indonesian arts. Its big. 8 ft tall.I talked to someone and they said looks African. I will take better...
Hello, can someone tell me what tribe and/or country this figure is from ? http://groups.yahoo.com/group/African_Arts/photos/album/895015577/pic/list Could t...
