African Books
Books on African tribal art are an excellent way to educate oneself on buying African art correctly and to learn more about what items were carved/made and their uses. Many people over the centuries have visited Africa and documented the different ceremonies they hold, their beliefs and the day-to-day living of the African people. Books can show differences between authentic and made-to-deceive items, specific tribal pieces ie masks, figures, pottery, iron works etc and documented collections from across the world, albeit museum or large private collections and which pieces are more commonly used than rare ones. It’s good to see how art has progressed from the very first forms to the pieces found today that are still being used in some parts of Africa.
Books are and have always been a great source of reference to help us understand and learn more in depth.
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Doors can also be served as a sign to taxpayers, letting them know which form of payment was accepted in the adjoining building. The symbolic styling of the doors can vary. Within some tribes styling, pairs of breasts, representing femininity and fertility are found, and also carved guards for security, not only from other tribe’s people but from bugs and rodents that may infiltrate their granaries, animals for strength and power and ancestral figures for remembrance.
The door lock may also be part of the door structure. These locks can be as elaborate as the doors themselves or as plain and simple as the door it adorns. Not every door will have a lock and made be held closed or shut using only a simple piece of rope or string or even more simply just wedged to keep it shut.
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