Tag: African Axe

Yoruba Ogun Ceremonial Axe (Aringo Jagun) – Nigeria’s Historic Artifact

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An elegant iron staff axe created by a Yorùbá master blacksmith by reforging hoe blades worn out from many years of farming brings this point home. The focus object honors and instigates Òrìsà Òkó, the Yorùbá deity who assures wealth Read More …

A Ceremonial Axe, Made By The Chokwe or Lunda People Of Today’s Democratic Republic of the Congo. Early 1900s

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In this single work, the artist employed chiseling, punching, inlaying, chasing, engraving, scoring, raising, wrapping, stamping and embossing, among other techniques. Such a blade added to a blacksmith’s honor and influence in the community, with both owner and artist distinguished Read More …