African Female Statue
This is a statue of a woman standing partially nude. The whole statue is covered in colorful beads: the headdress is green; the face is black with white beads to emphasize the eyes and the teeth. The body and limbs are covered in red beads. Black beads that looked like a loincloth covers the private part and also emphasize the breasts, ears and the navel. The statue is wearing a black necklace.
The elements used in this work are texture and color. Although the statue is made of wood, tiny beads cover its surface and are primarily what you see externally. The colors are also very striking and red is the predominant color used in this statue. This work also uses the principle of proportion and balance. The body is longer in proportion to the rest of its body emphasizing a bulging stomach suggesting pregnancy. This statue is also symmetrically balanced in the sense that from the statue’s imaginary center of the vertical line, everything is similar on both sides.
Extraordinary beaded statuaries are usually made for the royal couples. Wooden images are first carved and then covered with colorful beads. Cameroon craftsmen stitch the beads in rows on a cloth and wrap the cloth around the form following the contours of the body with the lines and shapes of the colored beads. The red color covering this female statue is a symbol of life and fertility. The other strong colors provide liveliness to her rigid stance.
The Cameroon grass fields are the home of numerous small and large kingdoms founded during the past centuries. In the service of the kings, sculptors produced all kinds of objects in a variety of styles, underlining the importance of the king not only locally, but also regionally. Rulers use lavish materials to proclaim their power, wealth and status and to impress and control their people.
Posted by Blogs by Kameda at April 8, 2009 
Categories: About Art
Tags: African statue Bamileke People wooded statue beaded statue african female statue
Categories: About Art
Tags: African statue Bamileke People wooded statue beaded statue african female statue
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