What are different types of African Art?

 Different types of African Arts are: Masks, Sculptures, Textiles,Crafts,Jewlery,Musical Instuments, Tribal Art, and Decor.

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The First African Art to be found in Africa was:

Rock Paintings or Rock carvings.

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What did they use to carve or paint their picures or sculptures with?

They used animal blood to paint on walls and rocks. They also sharpened rocks so that they could carve into trees or even rocks.

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Where where the most painting or carvings found?

The most Carvings and painting were found in Namibia, in the oldest mountain mountain, Brandberg.

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African Jewelery

They started making their jewelswth shell or even rock. The would brake the rock or shell in small pieces and then take a piece of animal skin to put in on, and then put it where they wanted to, around their necks, arms, feet, or even heads.

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African masks

They made their masks out of wood (trees). they would take a piece of the tree and then carve something into that piece of wood. It would useually take up to four days to make one mask, but some were really good and finished in half that time. They made the masks for parties for exampleif they killled something they would have a feast, so they wear the masks. if you make a mask and wear it to the feast you have to keep that mask untill you are old enough to pass it on.

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African Sculptures

African sculpture is most often figurative, representing the human form and fashioned primarily from wood but it can also be stylized and abstracted and carved from stone. It can span centuries and be as ancient as the advent of tools and it can be as modern as right now, today, where it is lauded and appreciated as a contemporary art form.

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African Textiles

African textiles are the major form of expression that Africans use to define themselves. They have used cloth not only for personal adornment but also as a powerful medium of communication for many centuries. Their importance has often been overshadowed by traditional sculpture and masks but in this day and age, we see how African textiles have become the most significant medium by which contemporary African artists are illuminating the connections and continuities between past and recent modes of African artistic expression.

African textiles are also a means for us to acquire insight into the social, religious, political and economic complexities of many African communities whose sophisticated cultures we may otherwise remain ignorant about.

African Craft

Different areas and tribes produce divergent African craft according to tradition, availability of raw materials and historical influences. The movement of tribes and the trade they undertook can be seen on the embellishment of product with beads and other adornment of headwear, dolls and cloths. Stylizing of the patterning and sculptural forms on pottery provide a glimpse of how new influences and the arrival of new cultures impacted on traditional tribal areas.

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The last about African Craft

Africa had functional and utilitarian craft along with textiles, fetishes, idols and cultural artifacts. Within their own communities they were valued for everything that their African craft represented which was not just visual; their symbolism and spiritual dimensions alongside their decorative and aesthetic qualities.

Master craftsmen and women had special status within societies and were respected members of their communities. Expertise and traditional skills were revered and coveted. Unfortunately, artist's names are often not known, were not recorded when the objects of their creativity were initially collected and preserved.

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About African Musical Instruments

There are common features though and much like the other forms of African art, most traditional African music is more than just aesthetic expression. It permeates African life and has a function, a role to play in society; songs are used for religious ceremonies and rituals, to teach and give guidance, to tell stories, to mark the stages of life and death and to provide political guidance or express discontent.

It also serves to entertain and is used in ceremonial festivals and masquerades to work up fervour from the spectators and participants alike. Singing, dancing and playing African musical instruments ensure a dynamic event transpires.

 Some Arican Musical Instruments

Sanza mbira, Congo- Tervuren
Fulani flute-Saharan Vibe Blog

Anthromorphic harp
Kalangba xylophone
Bakisimba dance-Saharan Vibe

Dinka Tuich horn trumpe

Fela Kuti, Nigeria

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What is Tribal Art?

As the name suggests, it is just that: art born from settled farmers and hunters; tribal communities that often had their own autonomy and therefore their own characteristics. These arts, rooted in cultural context are governed by a set of rules that are as complex as those that govern Western art forms.

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 African Tribal Art consists of-

wood carvings, (masks and sculptures), stone carvings, furniture, ceramics, metalwork, jewelry, basketry, textiles, pipes, musical instruments, weapons, beadwork and the production of architectural features like doors and wall decoration and construction.

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More about African

Tribal Art

Not all of the tribes practiced all these art forms, the development of certain crafts being due to the availability of raw materials, knowledge and skills. Wood was the most frequently used material, often embellished by clay, pigments, shells, beads, ivory, metal, feathers, animal hair and raffia, and sometimes even semi-precious gems.

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African Decor

African decor can be hugely dynamic, creative and inspiring. Colours can be evocative of the sunburnt earth, deep verdant rainforests, softly wistful savannah plains, burnt orange African sunsets and pinkly-purple sunrises, crazily energetic and vibrant market places. Not to forget the graphic concepts of black and white, both figurative and literal.

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Pictures of African Textiles

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Pictures of African Musical Instruments

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Picture of African Rock Painting.

Picture of African Rock Cravings