African Art and ethnography from ancient times
Posted by John Smith on January 15th, 2015
The man has always been anarchic in his nature, and collecting the things around him, carving the stones, woods or minerals around him. There are citations from the prehistoric times that the love for the art and architecture for man has never diminished it has always been increasing every day. The older the object, more valuable it becomes, it becomes an object from somebody who has used it for years as mark of memory that object is still preserved with us.
The oldest civilizations of the earth that is Harappa civilization have shown certain unique characteristics of the people how they led their lives. The Ethnograph art always fascinates man, if you have a friend who has a hobby of collecting artistic items then he or she ensures that he gets the genuine art at an optimum price. Sometimes it happens the people in order to de-clutter their homes throw away invaluable art. It is only when an expert is able to determine the story behind any article which has been considered as trash but is having no replica of it.
The traditional African art is known for its tribal culture depiction, each item is made in bamboo, hand-cut woods, jute and hand-made ceramic beads. Redecorating your home or living room with tribal figures, gives an element of inspiration and ethnicity. It depicts how close you are to your natives and value the happenings form the past and lead a futuristic life too. The African art gallery that are situate across the world usually deal in wooden masks painted from the colors extracted from wild flowers, clay and terracotta earthen-ware, textiles, animal carts, baskets, stone tools, engraved stones etc.
The African art dealers sometimes go for excavation schedules and find the choicest figures that are appreciated by the buyers and art lovers from UK, and USA. The fresco painting, folk art, wooden crafts metal and wooden idols and masks are appreciated in most of the museum and people who are looking forward for extending their collectible drawers. African wooden carvings are mostly similar to that found in Brazil or the tribal Indian subcontinent. The art transcend all obstacles of language and inflexible philosophy of what can or what could be and removing labels of the countries that are developing. It is about allowing the thought flow into one another seamlessly through intellect but guided by the glories of the ancestors.
