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[QUOTE]Originally posted by ausar: [QB] [ [QUOTE]Problem: There is a certain spirit to Sub-Saharan artwork. From various places in Africa you can tell that the piece art is African in origins. Its an abstract and spiritual essence of African art. An almost sullen and contorted expression of the struggle of life. [IMG]http://char.txa.cornell.edu/nonwest/africa/asante.gif[/IMG] What artwork of Egyptian origin is similar to what is normally referred to as Black African art?[/QUOTE]Most African art is not done for aesthetic purposes but for psirtual reasons. Also alot of the artwork in ancient Kmt is done for spirtual reasons such as the ancestor shrines found in different households throughout Egypt. The mother-child figures you see in ancient Egypt of the mother of the pharoah or Isis[Auset] suckling the pharaoah as an infant. These images are similar to the maternity figures in other African countries. See the following as an example: [IMG]http://www.kirchhoff-sammlung.de/images/4frau2.jpg[/IMG] ___Maternity figure from the Akan people of Ghana ___http://www.randafricanart.com/Mother_and_child_images_in_Africa.html{other examples of maternity figures throughout Africa] ancient Egyptian example: [IMG]http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/new_pyramid/PYRAMIDS/assets/el_pyramid_image14.jpg[/IMG] King Pepi II seated on the lap of his mother Queen Anknes-mery-re Another similarity I have notice is the fertility dolls used in ancient Egypt known as the paddle doll is also used by the Ashanti as a fertility doll. Some scholars also believe the modern day corn aruseh[bridge of corn] amongst the fellahin is the same exact paddle doll. [IMG]http://www.swan.ac.uk/egypt/images/W769.h1.jpg[/IMG] http://www.swan.ac.uk/egypt/infosheet/W769.htm ___paddle doll in ancient Egypt [IMG]http://www.quinnsauction.com/010103/thumbnails/718.jpg[/IMG] Akuba figure amongst the Ashanti The Akuba doll is a fertility image used by the Ashanti tribe. Dolls in this image are carried by pregnant women to protect their unborn babies. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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