Comments on: Central and Southern African tribal art and culture

Central and Southern African tribal art and culture

nickyskye — Sun, 17 May 2009 13:13:23 -0800

The exceptionally informative and well illustrated Galerie Ezakwantu has great pages on African tribal art, culture and history [due to partial nudity many links NSFW]: African Lip Plugs - Lip Plates; African Currency - African Slave Beads; Jewelry; African Scarification; Thrones and Stools; Shields; Combs; Musical Instruments; Fertility Dolls; Weapons; Zulu Basketry; Contemporary Art; Cups; Tribal Currency; Zulu Ricksha attire; Southern Africa Tribal Migrations; South African Kings and Chiefs. Also some interesting pages on anger about Robert Mugabe; the sale of the gallery owner's property; Cape Dutch Homesteads and blueberry recipes.

A little more about the Body Art of Africa: Scarification among African cultures.

By: netbros

netbros — Sun, 17 May 2009 15:00:10 -0800

Thanks for another great post nickyskye. I've always really liked woven stools. You inspired me to find these from Cameroon.

By: wobh

wobh — Sun, 17 May 2009 15:28:57 -0800

Here's a pretty great TED talk on fractals in African art and architecture. African Fractals. Ron Eglash's website.

By: jokeefe

jokeefe — Sun, 17 May 2009 20:06:00 -0800

I've only managed to read through the section on beads so far but it's absolutely fascinating. Thanks for a briliant post; I look forward to exploring it.

By: Kattullus

Kattullus — Sun, 17 May 2009 21:12:30 -0800

Oh wow! What a great find! The miscellaneous category might be my favorite, if only for the frothy lather the writer works him- or herself into describing the coco de mer. These scenes are one of many interesting finds. They're drawings of designs carved into calabash gourds made by ethnologist Dr. Alfred Schachtzabel.

By: allkindsoftime

allkindsoftime — Sun, 17 May 2009 22:25:20 -0800

Cool post! Looking forward to exploring it once I get home.

By: nickyskye

nickyskye — Mon, 18 May 2009 09:24:59 -0800

describing the coco de mer Ooh, "frothy lather"! That was such fun. Thanks Kattullus for the pointer to check out that delightfully entertaining part of the site. Those designs carved into calabash gourds are quite similar to the ones used in the Korhogo tapestries from the Senoufu tribe in the Ivory Coast. My suggestion to the gallery/site owner, to create a search function for the site.

By: rokusan

rokusan — Wed, 20 May 2009 07:40:04 -0800

"African Lip Plugs" is a great name for a punk band. "Zulu Rickshaw Attire" is more a prog-rock thing. (Neat post, too.)

By: nickyskye

nickyskye — Thu, 21 May 2009 10:18:06 -0800

The gallery owner just email me and I wanted to add their additional link to this thread: In the meantime we just uploaded this. The page leads to 7 other really interesting pages... They are amazingly interesting pages of photographs, post cards and slides with information, made by Lister Haig Hunter, 1919 - 1981, Trader - Photographer - Ethnologist, depicting the lives of the tribals in the South Africa area.