MasksAfrican & Native

American

African Masks Native American Masks

Africa

Native America Settlements

Arctic (Inuit)

Northwest (Kwakiutl)

Plateau (Nez Perce)

Southwest (Hopi)

Plains (Pawnee)

Southeastern (Seminole)

African masks used in celebration

Masks from Ghana

Native American Masks

Function• Ceremonial Costume• Religious and social events• Represent ancestors• Used in dance

Vocabulary

• Balance• Form • Texture• Pattern

• Asymmetrical Balance: informal balance, balance using unlike objects that have equal visual weight.

• Symmetrical Balance: formal balance, perfect equality, visual balance on both sides.

• Form: the structure of an object.• Texture: the feel of a surface• Pattern: the way a design repeats itself,

duplication.

Vocabulary

Ngady amwaashDemocratic Republic of the Congo

•Patterns of white and black triangles represent domesticity•Lines represent tears

Powerful as an Elephant, with Leopard Spots

Cameroon, Africa•Elephant Masks symbolizes royalty

•Beaded cloth represents the elephants trunk•Colors and patterns express political functions

•Black represents death•White represents ancestors

•Red represents life

Kple kpleCote d’Ivoire

•Used in spirit and dance•Symbolizes youth

Buffalo Threatens and ProtectsBuffalo Mask

•Decorative geometric pattern•Worn at funerals, and market days

Pablo PicassoInfluences from African tribal art can be

seen in earth tones, geometric shapes, and subjects of bulls and horned creatures, similar to those found in the African range.

Later, this style was named CUBISM, after the way it is broken into cube like forms.

Woman with guitarGeorges Braque, 1913

Violon, verre, pipe et encrierPablo Picasso, 1912