African American Figurine

Welcome to the world of beautiful african american figurine for your home. The heart of this vast continent is captured in finely african american figurine detailed in african figurine masks and other african american figurine items.

The Massai are one of the most famous black African ethnic people known today. The Massai are a very communal people and from a very young age children are divided into age groups to which they remain faithful to throughout their life. Massai warrior african figurine and Massai mother with child are some of our exclusive african figurine products.

The Mossi have organized some of the most black powerful kingdoms in the African continent. The Mossi kingdom was once one of the richest kingdoms in the African continent but it is now one of the poorest. An interesting aspect of Mossi life is the family. The husband and wife live in separate homes and sons must leave the house as soon as they are circumcised. Young wives have no status at all until they bear their first child.

Every civilization has an african figurine as one of their arts. In Egypt, there are numerous african tribal mask of great art left. Great artists of african figurine emerged generation after generation. The material used for an african figurine are rare. Common african figurines use glass and stone. Top grade african figurines use jade and pearl as their materials. The most valuable part of a african tribal mask will be the engraving art. You can place an african american figurine on your desk, table and cabinets.

There are still places in africa where a genuine old elephant figurine mask can be bought, generally through dealers. Remember buy things you like as investment can go up as well as down. If you like that carving or african tribal mask then the value is not as important. The african tribal mask of this area are well documented by Ladislas Segy in Masks of Black Africa.

Much of the following section on African Tribal Mask is influenced by his work. The african tribal mask traditions of this part of the world are extremely varied. The traditions supporting the african tribal mask are generally associated with the spirits of ancestors, rites of passage, fertility and initiation ceremonies. Dance is generally involved in the use of the african tribal mask. The size and style of african tribal mask are diverse, depicting animals, human faces and more abstract styles in sizes from a few centimeters to 5.5 meters in the case of the Dogon Iminana (mother mask ).

With only a few exceptions the african tribal elephant figurine mask are all part of a full costume and not just an isolated piece of decoration. Similar themes and traditions are found with the african tribal elephant figurine mask from this area when compared with those of the western countries. This has had some influence on the type of festivities and masks. These african tribal mask are used in the reinforcement of social control. The amusing performances are brightened by the triangular faces of the african tribal elephant figurine mask with bulging eyes, open mouths containing carved teeth painted in a variety of colors.