AFRICAN SCULPTURE

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• Earliest sculptures made by the Nok culture (500Bc-500Ac)
• 3 dimensions
• Used by Indigenous Africans- dominant groups
• Made by organic materials:
• Wood, clay, stone
• Often use by Niger, Congo, West Africa
• 2 main sculptures in African culture: masks and human figure

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MASKS

• Made for religious ceremonies/ rituals
• Ceremonies=dances, rituals
• Greetings for masks creators
• Spirituals and religious meanings
• Cultures of Sub-Saharan African=Sahara, Kalahari deserts
• Red, brown, yellow, black, orange

EXAMPLES

• DOGON
• Ethnic group
• Ceremonies/ dances
• Mali, Western Africa
• Connects heaven to earth
• Provides shelter, food, life
• Similar to animals

VIDEO

MWAASH AMBOOY

HUMAN FIGURE

• Symbolize life or death
• Representation, gods, animals
• Some abstract

YORUBA

NOK TERRAKOTA

YOMBE

CONCLUSION

• Masks
• Rituals
• Gods/spiritual
• Dominant groups
• Human figures