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Collecting African Tribal Art

Howard Nowes - 01/09/2006

 

 

 There is no question that traditional African art is beautiful to behold, highly prized, and valuable in today’s society. But why? How? African art raises so many questions because its forms and compositions are so very different from those of western society; it simply takes time to get used to and understand them.

5000 Years of African Art

Howard Nowes & Sebastian Fernandez - 03/31/2013

Colorful African Asafo Company Flags

Howard Nowes - 03/08/2017

 
Along the Gold Coast in Ghana, going back centuries, the structure of local civilization consisted of many small, fiercely independent, militaristic groups of Fante people, who have survived and held their ground throughout British Colonial rule.

Appraising Ethnographic Art

Howard Nowes - 08/01/2017

Ethnographic tribal art is not something new, haphazard, or primitive, it is considered non-western art from peoples who live in villages or tribes and have a hierarchical society based on clans with local chiefs. I am focusing here on African and Oceanic art, not American Indian or Pre Columbia art, each of which needs its own essay to cover. 
“Airport” or  tourist art (souvenirs) is generally of the lowest grade and are uninspired copies made in great quantities and have little to no value. Handicrafts are on this level also. 

Africa Tribal Art

• Appraising Ethnographic Art
• Colorful African Asafo Company Flags
• 5000 Years of African Art
• Collecting African Tribal Art

American Indian Art

• Celebrating Mexican Folk Art: Cinco de Mayo with Mexican Masks

Asian Art

• The sensuous divine
• A survey of the Art of Ancient India
• The Buddha, Hypostasis, and Magnanimity
• Swine Art is Fine Art Exhibition

Classical Antiquities

• Domestic & Heavenly Godesses
• Art for Eternity an interview with antiquities dealer Howard Nowes
• A Star Wars toy...or a piece of irreplaceable, one-of a-kind ancient art?
• Treasure Hunting and a Big Dividend
• The Magic of Ancient Egyptian Ushabtis
• Words on Clay
• Apulian Red Figure Hydria
• Ancient Egyptian Funerary Items as Collectible
• Why ISIS is Destroying Cities and Artifacts And What to Do About It
• The Origins of Psychiatry: Inexorably Entangled With Art
• Feeding the Empire: Tales of food from Rome and Pompei
• A Panel discussion on Africa, Asia, and the Americas: Cultural Patrimony
• Why Ancient Greeks Are Always Nude
• Our Philosophy on Collecting
• Ancient Olympic Decorative Arts

Oceanic Art

• The Six Pillars of A Successful Art Appraisal

Pre Columbian Art

• Modern aesthetic from deep in the past...
• The Beauty of Jamacoaque Ecuador
• Sculptures in Stone are For the Eternity
• Maya Polychrome Vessel with Young Maize God
• Pre-Columbian Art Collections - Into the Mind of the Collector

 

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