What can you do with Djembe Drums, African Sculptures and Walking Canes?
African Sculpture and Djembe Drum.
Africa has a long history with art, dating back more than 500 years BC with different styles coming from different regions.
The Nana Dadzie sculpture, a free standing very strong statement.
Angular sculpture from West Africa and broader shapes from the Mende culture.
Most sculptures are of the human body or head, representing someone living or possibly ancestor. Strong features, not always well defined, but broad strokes as a representative image.
With dark colored timber and often angular shapes, good use of sculpture can be made with wall hangings just inside a doorway as a welcoming image or a free standing piece set on low furniture to emphasize lack of clutter and simplicity in room décor.
Similarly as with African Masks, a single sculpture, set against a white wall, will make a striking feature.
Of course, African drums are well known. They have featured in probably every movie about Africa.
What you rarely see though are the intricate and colorful designs that go into making the drum more than just a message machine or ancient mobile phone. Animals, carvings, weaving; they all make up part of the Djembe Drum’s contribution to African Art.
Place a Djembe drum anywhere and it will make a fine statement. As a bedside table, fascinating piece in the entry hall, or among juniors drum set. Djembe drums are always welcome.
Walking Canes
African Walking Canes are a piece of African art that is often overlooked. These days they are purely for arts sake, but their history is more interesting.
Since there were very few roads, no vehicles and long distances to travel, African walking sticks or canes were a means of support and a weapon.
In a country so wild, a walking stick was a primary means of defense when travelling.
Nowadays, with carved animals as the head or handle, intricate staffs and exotic timbers, walking canes can be added to masks, djembe drums or sculpture hangings to add interest or be used to simply break up large wall areas that are too expansive for a single decorative piece.
Consider a piece of sculpture with 2 walking canes, either together on one side of the sculpture or one each side. A very different look from the normal practice of a framed print or photograph.
African home decor is a world apart from what most interior designers will normally use.
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