#folk art
Gelede mask of the Yoruba people, Nigeria. Now in the Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Folk art carving of an exorcism
A very rare piece of folk art depicting the exorcism of a small child. It was carved around 1910 in the mid-western United States by an unknown artist. The sculpture features wonderful details like a horned demon sitting on top of a terrified child, whose eyes can be spotted peeking out from under the blanket.
This remarkable piece of Amercian folk art was up for sale at Sotheby’s in 2019 with an estimated price of $40,000 – $60,000 USD.
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I’ve decided to teach myself how to paint in the traditional Petrikovsky style because it is the MOST satisfying and fun form of painting!
This is just from my first set of practice sheets, so more to come!.
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![ca. 1870-90’s, [Apothecary bottle with a patriotic sand art design within], Andrew ClemensAn](https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcde8zJGpP1rstnezo1_500.jpg "ca. 1870-90’s, [Apothecary bottle with a patriotic sand art design within], Andrew ClemensAn")
![ca. 1870-90’s, [Apothecary bottle with a patriotic sand art design within], Andrew ClemensAn](https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcde8zJGpP1rstnezo2_500.jpg "ca. 1870-90’s, [Apothecary bottle with a patriotic sand art design within], Andrew ClemensAn")
ca. 1870-90’s, [Apothecary bottle with a patriotic sand art design within], Andrew Clemens
Andrew Clemens of Dubuque, Iowa, spent most of his life in nearby McGregor. Due to voice encephalitis, he lost both voice and hearing and was sent to the Iowa Institute for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb. There, Clemens began experimenting with sand art, collecting multicolored sands from the Pictured Rocks region of Iowa. He fashioned special tools that he used to arrange the sand in intricate designs and then pack it tightly (he used no glue of any kind). Sizes and designs varied, and orders came to Clemens from around the world, each customer paying about five to seven dollars. As his skill developed, his subjects ranged from boats and ships to flowers, flags, and eagles. Clemens, dubbed “the portrait painter without a brush or paint,” died in 1894. He is thought to have produced hundreds of bottles during his lifetime, but few survive today.
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American folk painted bellows with original paint decoration, depicting a still life composition of a cornucopia with fruit, painted in stencil and free-hand paint with excellent border design ; leather and mechanics have been restored and its now in good working condition; American, circa 1840.
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Anonymous,Last Supper(La Última Cena), polychrome clay, Ocumicho, Michoacán Collection, Centro Cultural Tijuana
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A Stonehenge-era chalk drum is the “most important piece of prehistoric art to be found in Britain in the last 100 years,” according to the British Museum. The 5,000-year-old drum, discovered within an ancient children’s burial site, is going on display for the first time. It will be unveiled, six years after its discovery, as part of the “World of Stonehenge” exhibition at the British Museum.
The drum was found on a country estate near the village of Burton Agnes in East Yorkshire, England in 2015 when a routine excavation had to be carried out so the owners could erect a structure. During the routine excavation, a team of archaeologists with the independent company Allen Archaeology found an ancient burial site. Within the burial site were the remains of three children, aged 3 to 12, whose bones had been intertwined for millennia.
“They were cuddling,” according to Mark Allen, the founder of Allen Archaeology. The drum was placed above the head of the eldest child, along with a chalk ball and a polished bone pin. Archeologists do not believe the drum was used as a musical instrument despite the name. It was more likely a piece of sculptural art, a talisman, or, perhaps, a toy for the children. The grave is a rare find, because ancient people in Neolithic Britain would usually leave bodies for cremation or to be eaten by crows.
And the drum is so significant because it is “one of the most elaborately decorated objects of this period found anywhere in Britain and Ireland,” the British Museum said. The carvings on the drum, which show spirals and triangles, feature a “butterfly” motif. They are artistically similar to other objects found at Neolithic sites in Scotland and Ireland, Wilkin said, suggesting that prehistoric communities were in communication with each other despite significant geographical distances.
“This drum is particularly intriguing, because it basically encompasses a sort of artistic language that we see throughout the British Isles at this time, and we’re talking 5,000 years ago,” project curator Jennifer Wexler said. The discovery comes more than 100 years since the unearthing of the Folkton Drums. Three similar chalk drums were found in the village of Folkton – around 15 miles from Burton Agnes – in 1889. “We’ve been waiting for over 100 years for another one of these amazing objects to come up, and for it to come up with children – again – is astonishing,” Wilkin said.
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писанка| Pysanky
A pysanka is a Ukrainian Easter egg, decorated with traditional Ukrainian folk designs using a wax-resist (batik) method
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