Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Beads, Carves, Painting...

These are walking sticks/staff...

A woman's image...

This is a walking stick/staff


"Men ought always to pray and not to faint" Luke 18:1

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These are fibre works...

Paintings...

Tiny beads mainly for waist and can be rolled up on the arms for Females...

Varities of Beads - from Shell beads, Coral, Tiger eye - multi color and transparent and golden stone bead... with ear rings and bracelet...

Tiny beads mainly for waist and can be rolled up on the arms for Females...

Coral tiger eye... with ear rings and bracelet

This is a Yoruba necklace...with ear rings and two bracelets...

Golden Stone beads with ear rings and bracelet...

Pink tiger eye...with ear rings and bracelet...

Coral tiger eye...With ear rings and bracelet...

This is a Yoruba necklace...with ear rings and bracelet...

Shell necklace... With bracelet

Golden Stone With ear rings and bracelet...

Transparent tiger eye...With ear rings and bracelet...

Saturday, February 21, 2009

New Carvings 3...

A brave hunter who killed an Elephant and he carried it on his head home...

An Fisherman who had caught so many fishes and his basket filled, so the big game he put it across his neck...

A beautiful dancer for the Kings...

A great dance... She is a dancing in an ordination ceremony...


A young damsel bathing at the stream...

A woman with tripplet, her babies are all hungry and they want to breast feed at once...

A young lad who was coming from the stream and was playing with her boy friend with her calabash with water on her head, in the mist of that, the calabash fell off and she was crying simply because she will be beaten by her mother and will be starved of 3 square of meals. Calabash are cherishable in Africa and some have there calabash for 50-100yrs and its still the same way and they pass it from generation to generation, so she broke one of such.

An elder man blowing horns - He is very professional... They play horns for Kings...

A Fisherman - This work was made with fibre...

A young lad hawking on the street - This work was made with fibre...

Friday, February 20, 2009

New Carvings 2...

A Woman under the rain with her baby, holding her umbrella...

A Beautiful African Woman...

This Man got so drunk and he is sitted thinking about his life...

A Lady who went to the stream to fetch water backing
her baby alongside.

A traditional ruler drinking Palm Wine...

This is a wonderful carving, its about the African Leader who has
the whole world in his hand but still oppressing the poor and if you
watch carefully, you will see his hand at the top, with the world in it
and his second hand, he was holding a spear, using it to intemediate the
poor man and you will see the face of the poor man below screaming loud
with a trumpet, exposing the leader's evil deed and screaming for help at the
same time. And the third part you will see the triangle like shape? Thats the
Map of Africa and the same also goes to the rich who opresses the poor in the world...

A woman who just came from the stream with a Fish in her hand...

The Wife of the Oba of Benin...

Guitar Man...

These are two lovers...

This is a young lady getting married, this is on her traditional wedding day...
According to the African tradition, she will be offered a drink which she must
drink a little out of first, and she will then offer it to her husband who will be
among the many men that will be in the occasion, when she drinks first and then walking in the mist of the people to go give it to her husband, the other men will be teasing her telling her, "am here come give it to me" then she walks through all the men and then finally go meet her main husband, goes on her knee and put it in his mouth to drink...

Face of a traditional ruler in Benin...

This is the Oba of Benin in Nigeria and his guards...

An African Farmer with his weeding tool (hoe)

A strong man bullying the weak...

Two men contesting for - Who is the strongest contest in Nigeria...

This is a resting chair for Kings, with Queen Idia's Inscription Mask, with a highly quality wood.

Carved Fishes....

This is a very interesting Local African Game, specifically from Nigeria, It is called Ayo in Yoruba Land... You will see the game and its seed and the front and back view and the handling too...

Center Table/Side stool... With the image of a King with his wives holding hands together...

Center table/Side stool...With the image of a snake...

A beautiful lady blowing horns...

Two Lovers dancing...