African Art
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- Nov 30, 2015
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Hi there, here's a terrible photograph of three large African carvings I have inherited from an Aunt who lived in South Africa for the majority of her life until she moved back home to the U.K.
I have always marvelled at the many artifacts within her collection, but she appears to have given me one of the scariest (I always thought it scary) plus a beautiful woman with horns and the mans head is a full, lifesize piece on dark wood (Ebony perhaps). The mans head is signed and I have tracked it down to the Shona Carvings, but in wood, not stone.
The other pieces are totally different to the mans head. I would like to know what type of goddess the woman is? She has horns beautifully carved from her head, her face is 'two tone' from the different colours within the wood. Does anybody know what the wood might be? She must have a story.
The one behind IS the scariest thing I have ever had in my home. I'm not sure if it will bring bad luck or good? It looks like a huge Voodoo Doctor of some kind. It has shells for eyes and dangling earings with the same shells swinging from them. The hair is just out of this world.
The Woman is so beautifully carved, with what looks like 'armour' to her shoulders, studded all over apart from her breasts and her face is smooth and quite something to look at.
![african carvings1.jpg african carvings1.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1132/1132601-fd1cf9e40fbd476b8cea2690f35f3bcd.jpg)
Any help would be much appreciated.
Many Thanks for taking the time to look.
I have always marvelled at the many artifacts within her collection, but she appears to have given me one of the scariest (I always thought it scary) plus a beautiful woman with horns and the mans head is a full, lifesize piece on dark wood (Ebony perhaps). The mans head is signed and I have tracked it down to the Shona Carvings, but in wood, not stone.
The other pieces are totally different to the mans head. I would like to know what type of goddess the woman is? She has horns beautifully carved from her head, her face is 'two tone' from the different colours within the wood. Does anybody know what the wood might be? She must have a story.
The one behind IS the scariest thing I have ever had in my home. I'm not sure if it will bring bad luck or good? It looks like a huge Voodoo Doctor of some kind. It has shells for eyes and dangling earings with the same shells swinging from them. The hair is just out of this world.
The Woman is so beautifully carved, with what looks like 'armour' to her shoulders, studded all over apart from her breasts and her face is smooth and quite something to look at.
![african carvings1.jpg african carvings1.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1132/1132601-fd1cf9e40fbd476b8cea2690f35f3bcd.jpg)
Any help would be much appreciated.
Many Thanks for taking the time to look.