Monday, December 9, 2013

African Masks, Statues, Artwork, and Crafts

If you are interested in African Masks, I found the perfect website! This website has pictures of hundreds of pictures of different masks across all the tribes in Africa. They have masks from the Yoruba Tribe, Igbo Tribe, Ashanti Tribe, and many more! You are able to choose which tribe you want to look at and they have a bunch of different masks to look at! Although it doesn't give you that much information on the masks, I feel that the masks tell the story of tribe alone. The pictures below are off of this website under the Baluba tab on the left side of the web page.

PaintedMask from the Baluba Tribe
Beaded Mask from the Baluba Tribe
These are two masks from the Baluba Tribe in the Congo. Many of their masks have these bright colors and round features. The one on the left is made out of stringed beads and the one on the right is painted. This tribe is my favorite because I love the colors and details put into their masks.





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