{"title":"Authentic African Art, Sculpture \u0026 Stools Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe art of Africa has been a well spring of inspiration for global artists in so many ways.Africa, with all of its heart and art is desired,admired and yet remains still so inexplicably exotic to most people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI have travelled and collected African Art for much of my life and am happy to share many unique and authentic pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt has been said that to speak a language like a local one must become and think like a local! This I have found to be true and to understand African art one must understand so much more than what first meets the eye..Please join me in a journey on the road to enjoying and appreciation the arts of the African continent.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"antique-african-stool-arced-from-a-single-piece-of-wood","title":"Old Bamileke Wooden Stool, Cameroon, W. 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The shape of the circular design as well as the shape, angle and size of the 'nodules' is complex and for such a uniform article to be created shows tremendous skill, effort \u0026amp; talent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize: To Top 16 1\/2”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDiameter: 14” x 14”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"EarthHeart\u0026Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46964474118431,"sku":"","price":3200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/7810\/6655\/files\/38DD942A-A127-498D-B404-FA139B8EE952.jpg?v=1696711224"},{"product_id":"used-original-african-chair-carved-from-a-single-piece-of-wood","title":"Old Carved Chair, Ethiopia, E. 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The sense of comfort is as different as the sense of aesthetics is to people who are experiencing this art form for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo Top: 31”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo Seat: 15”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeat Diameter: 15” x 15” \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"EarthHeart\u0026Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46964479885599,"sku":"","price":3800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/7810\/6655\/files\/A43FFE98-026D-4364-828A-9435FD5CE26E.jpg?v=1696711429"},{"product_id":"old-african-stool","title":"Old African Bamileke,Cameroon,W. Africa Abstract Stool","description":"\u003cp\u003eCarved from a single block of wood without the use of power tools the carver followed his own instinct...all hallmarks of authentic and quality African art to my mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe highly abstract design of vertical and horizontal wooden struts is fascinating visually.... they look like leather straps.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTye natural indentations on the surface of the stool and on the lip of the rim show the carver made this for his own use.... aesthetics in Africa concerning art is very different to Western aesthetics...the imperfection in natura and natural materials is accepted and even enjoyed in Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe patina is soft, rich and deep and exceeding soft to the touch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is an honest and authentic stool that shall bring years of joy to any home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize:12 “ diameter x 12” tall\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAge: Circa First half of the 20th C\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"EarthHeart\u0026Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46964483948831,"sku":"","price":950.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/7810\/6655\/files\/D56FB64B-AA11-4F7F-B80E-07A30D13B5B1.jpg?v=1696711638"},{"product_id":"antique-african-cast-currency-bracelet","title":"Antique African Cast Copper\/Bronze Currency Bracelet","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn excellent example of a very old cast copper\/bronze currency bracelet from Central Africa (also called a Janberry from sources I have met).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough this was considered currency there is a difference between currency and money.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExamples such as this one were used as a storage of wealth and when metal was needed for either large transactions or when tools, weapons or cooking utensils were needed these were smelted down.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese currency brackets provided the materials to make the objects with and they were not used to go shopping at the market with.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/africa.si.edu\/exhibits\/site\/art\/spacer.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"5\" height=\"10\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/africa.si.edu\/exhibits\/site\/art\/spacer.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"10\" height=\"10\" align=\"top\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/africa.si.edu\/exhibits\/site\/metalL.htm\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/africa.si.edu\/exhibits\/site\/art\/objects\/thumbs\/metal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"200\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Metalworking has ancient beginnings in Africa. Archaeologists have dated slag from iron smelting furnaces to 300 B.C. Since copper smithing and casting is a simpler process than smelting iron, it is likely that works of copper predated even this early date.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eBracelets, anklets and collars that were cast or hammered from copper had little circulation and were never used in connection with routine transactions. Instead, they served as reservoirs of wealth in a form that was easy to store and transport. This storage function is best illustrated in the very heavy bracelets and anklets of the Congo River region. To create some of these bracelets, such as that of the Ekonda, the artists poured molten metal directly into a cast in the ground called a puddle mold. 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Like other Dogon masks, kanaga masks are worn at rituals called dama, whose goal is to transport the souls of deceased family members away from the village and to enhance the prestige of the deceased and his descendants by magnificent masked performances and generous displays of hospitality. In 1935, French anthropologist Marcel Griaule witnessed a dama ritual in which twenty-nine out of a total of seventy-four masks were of the kanaga type. These masks are characterized by a wooden superstructure in the form of a double-barred cross with short vertical elements projecting from the tips of each horizontal bar.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“When the mask is worn, the back of the dancer's head is covered with a hood of plaited fiber fringe at the bottom edge.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“During the time spent by Griaule among the Dogon studying their complex belief system, he was initially told that the kanaga mask represents a bird with white wings and black forehead, but he later came to see this literal interpretation as characteristic of the first level of knowledge, that of the uninitiated. The deeper meaning of the kanaga mask apparently pertains both to God, the crossbars being his arms and legs, and to the arrangement of the universe, with the upper crossbar representing the sky and the lower one the earth. 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From remote valleys in Persia, to small villages in the Himalayas or Africa all these objects share one thing besides wonderful aesthetics…The honest intent of their creators.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize: 16” w x 6” d x 71\/2” t\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"EarthHeart\u0026Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46966002254111,"sku":"","price":375.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/7810\/6655\/files\/5D9823C2-6932-4D13-86E2-ACE0D8A96987.jpg?v=1696741183"},{"product_id":"antique-african-zoomorphic-stool","title":"Old Mossi,Burkina Faso,W. 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(Bitcoin \u0026amp; Dollars comparison) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExamples such as this one were used as a storage of wealth.When metal was needed for either large transactions or when tools, weapons, or cooking utensils were needed these currency bracelets were melted down.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom  accounts I have heard in Africa these were worn ceremonially by newlyweds and given to the bride as a form of dowry.They walked a short distance to the doorway to their home where these were stored an alcove or cupboard.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAge:100 Year+\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize: 10” l x 43\/4” w\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"EarthHeart\u0026Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47015617691935,"sku":"","price":2200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/7810\/6655\/files\/F6E012BB-19DF-4EE4-A3D3-9EEC26B9C82A.jpg?v=1697217520"},{"product_id":"antique-rare-unusual-african-stool","title":"Antique Rare \u0026 Unusual African Stool","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of the rarest stools I have found in all my years of collecting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery dealer and every collector has different criteria for their collections and the objects they collect.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOf course signs the objects was made according to traditional specifications and techniques, that the object was authentically used and that no techniques to alter the appearance to enhance age, appearance, condition or signs of use were used to ‘enhance’ it’s authenticity, value or rarity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBesides the criteria listed above I find the power and energy the object evokes in me to be paramount.This is I find to be particularly important for me when experiencing African Art \u0026amp; Objects.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen I find an object I never tire of living with and the experience intensifies for me over time, never waning and only increasing then I know it is for me exceptional.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis stool is extremely dense and feels smooth with use..It is no doubt an unusual and rare object. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Size:13” w x 12” d x 14” t\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"EarthHeart\u0026Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47017256386847,"sku":"","price":3500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/7810\/6655\/files\/6314B6C5-F2DB-4C61-890E-F89617C61F06.jpg?v=1697238641"},{"product_id":"antique-african-makonde-drum","title":"Antique African Makonde Drum","description":"\u003cp\u003eSize: 9” diameter at base x 141\/2” t\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"EarthHeart\u0026Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47017274704159,"sku":"","price":225.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/7810\/6655\/files\/31D87F53-B595-4709-A899-D38A397D8C56.jpg?v=1697238758"},{"product_id":"antique-african-metal-bracelet","title":"Antique African Metal Bracelet","description":"\u003cp\u003eAge:100 years +\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize:5 “ l x 5” t x 4” w”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"EarthHeart\u0026Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47110087344415,"sku":"","price":675.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/7810\/6655\/files\/FullSizeRender_2170288a-3ff8-4637-ad04-ecc057083195.heic?v=1698359669"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/7810\/6655\/collections\/image_7ab15f5d-85fa-41a4-8cdc-7ac3f3231fff.jpg?v=1696829876","url":"https:\/\/earthheartandart.com\/collections\/authentic-african-art-sculpture-furniture-collection-1.oembed","provider":"C.Brooks \u0026 Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}