African Sculpture

Another major form of Sub-Saharan African Art was sculptures. Carol Strickland (1992) states that “African carvers consistently rejected real-life appearances in favor of vertical forms, tubular shapes, and stretched out body parts derived from the cylindrical from of trees." Sculptures often took on practical forms such as pot holders, spoons as well as other useable objects. Sculptures were not large in size so they could be easily moved from one location to another.

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