ARTH 27 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Kendo, Kane Kwei Carpentry Workshop, Anansi
4 Nov 2016
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Both are elevated, both are on a chair, fet are lift off of ground. Form of weaving developed in the area, for the wealthy and more privileged people to wear. Imported european silk, un-weaved it and re-weaved them into african patterns. The stool is not meant to be sat upon, it is a symbol of the akan visual world. No one goes to the house of the spider ananse to teach it wisdom is more powerful than the leopard shoot to kill. Kane kwei, coffin with the shape of a hen with chicks, ga, ghana, 1989. Ga, cocoa bean-shaped coffin by kane kwei, ghana, early 1970s. People want to stop ordering these coffins because it will be incumbent for the relatives of these. Leopard nose mask royal regalia of dahomey. Has practical use of blocking dust & dirt and enabling breathing while sitting through grand events. Fon warrior figure, probably between 1858-1889, republic of benin.
