The Pan African Aesthetic

Paper Summary:

The paper examines the "South East African Tsonga Ceremonial Rhinoceros Horn and Wood Chief Staff", the "Mother and Child", the "Civilizing Hero", the "Pendant Mask" and the "Ikere door". The paper shows how these pieces of art tell a story that can be different for each individual.

From the Paper:

"The first piece is the South East African Tsonga Ceremonial Rhinoceros Horn and wood Chief staff, the artist is unknown and the time it was completed is somewhere between 1800 CE and 1900 CE Geographical mobility, during the 19th century was extremely common amongst the communities. Members of the migrating communities included craftsmen and carvers, who were influenced by all the styles amongst their journeys that accurately pinpointing the original location and tribal source of an artifact wasn't unheard of. Though the Staff doesn't have a lot of historical location facts behind, the Staff itself can depict so much."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Irwin Edman. "Arts and the Man" Aesthetics. New York: W. W. Norton and Co., 1967. 19 Jun 2009.

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