musgum earth architecture
the musgum, an ethnic group in far north province in cameroon, created their homes from compressed sun-dried mud.
Africa: The Art of a Continent
Africa | Global vessel with everted rim from the Igbo people of Nigeria | 10th century | Fired clay
Ian Garrett - SA Decor & Design
contemporary Africa | Ian Garrett ~ South African Ceramist
Mangbetu / Vessel in the shape of a female head / 20th century
Mangbetu / Vessel in the shape of a female head / 20th century
Vessel, Unknown ^ Minneapolis Institute of Art
Africa | Vessel from Chad | 20th century | Ceramic
African village where every building is a canvas, whether it is a house, palace or tomb for their dead
Every structure in Tiebele's 'Cour Royale' in Burkina Faso, West Africa, is decorated with elaborate geometric patterns, from the chief's palace to a mausoleum.
Africa | Palm wine vessel. Ibo - Nigeria
Brooklyn Museum
vessel/container
Africa | Anthropomorphic vessel by Mbitim (Zande people) of DR Congo | Clay | ca. mid 1940s
Photography
Margaret Courtney-Clarke is one of those rare individuals who not only thinks about life, what it means and what treasures it holds in store, but deservedly stands in that edifying tradition of photo-journalism that illuminates the human spirit. Her photography and her acclaimed books, notably her trilogy Ndebele, African Canvas & Imazighen, as well as her contributions to numerous other publications are deeply human and nuanced in their thought as well as being imbued with a rare spirit of…
mangbetu jarre anthropomorp ||| furniture
Africa | Anthropomorphic jar from the Mangbetu people of DR Congo | Teracotta
Luba Box 1
Administrative Quarantine
The Inescapable, Indivisible Essence of Pottery
Kusson
Africa | 'Ancestry' vessel from the Jem people Nigeria | Terracotta and pigment | ca. late 19th to early 20th century