Types Of Bull Mask From The Guinea Coast

A man, dressed like a clown, tortures and torments a bull with a red cape. Then the picadors keep on abusing him, provoking painful wounds that cut into his neck muscles with a pica. After that the banderilleros, blood-thirsty, with an item called banderilla weaken the bull even more.

These masks, which are used by Jacks followers called ‘the hunters,’ are made of clay paint. The evilness of the boys is clearly shown when they wear the masks. It is almost as if an infectious disease is spread upon them; they lose all sense of civilization. After Jack paints the mask on his face for the first time, it is clear what it does to him. “He began to dance and his laughter became a blood thirsty snarling. “He capered toward Bill, and the mask was a thing of its own, behind which Jack hid, liberated from shame and self-consciousness.” (Golding 64). This not only shows the cruelty of the mask, but it also shows how it opens Jack into the world of being a savage. Also, Golding mentions the colors of Jack’s first mask as being Red, White, and Black. These colors symbolize “violence, terror, and evil.” (Golding).

Throughout history, many different cultures illustrate their history and their beliefs through various artistic objects that they create. These artifacts allow historians to better gage their lifestyle, their beliefs, and how their society operated. One example of this is the “Drum Beater” sculpting created by Karoo Ashevak that is especially famous for its illustrations of the shamans and the spirits. In this research paper, Karoo Ashevak’s “drum beater” will be dissected and analysed; from the Inuit culture itself, to the physical features of the sculpting, as well as the significance and symbolism of the sculpting as it relates to the Inuit culture.

The Kwakiutl Indian tribe existed before the discovery of North America by the European culture and inhabited the coast of the Pacific Northwest of the United States and British Columbia in Canada. The tribe is rich in tradition and culture and has remained steadfast in their beliefs, history, teachings and artisan skills which have been passed down generation to generation. The artisans in the Kwakiutl tribe mastered the art of creating special ceremonial masks that are not only beautiful and aesthetically interesting to the eye, but also mechanically intriguing in which the masks serve a specific purpose to a theme during different ceremonies that are conducted by tribal specialists during certain times throughout the year.

The Striding Apis Bull is 18x22 7/8 inches. It is carved out of Serpentinite and has a dark polished look to it. The body structure of the bull is carved in proportion and has a nice smooth surface. The shape of the bull is very round and natural. However, below its horns on the back of its neck there are rough white lines that have been carved out. I can clearly tell that these lines have symbolic meaning. The lines roughly cross the neck and upper back forming an interesting pattern. The bull looks as

The artwork of bullfighting by Edouard Manet is an interesting historic event that goes into depth about the Spanish culture and cruelty of animals. It made me question whether or not bullfighting is really a cultural aspect or animal cruelty. Therefore, this paper will be focused on the tradition of bullfighting and the cruelty aspect of it. In the Spanish culture, there are three stages during a bullfight. It involves men (toreros), horses, and bulls. The event takes place in an arena and begins with a beautiful entrance with the participants wearing a traditional costume with vibrant colors. The toreros practice the art of bullfighting and pick up their own style of movements that are easily identified in the ring. The crowd can then identify the style of fighting the torero learns, by the movements he makes during his performance (pet news). Many people are critical of bullfighting and condemn it as a cruel, bloody sport, but in Spain, bullfighting is seemed as a test of bravery, skill, and grace. Bull fighting in Spain has been a cultural tradition, however, it is becoming increasingly less popular due to the fact that people realize it is inhumane for murder to be entertainment.

Delicately carved, gracefully painted, accurately describes the masks constructed for the reenactment. Culturally these masks have influenced my life the most. Their culture significant was due to my parents insisting that we become

“Ancestral lines” by John Barker is a book about the anthropologist’s experience in the Uiaku village located in Papua New Guinea. In the first chapter, Barker tells his readers briefly about him and his education, his and his wife’s experience with the Maisin community, and talks in great detail about the Maisin and their culture in the Uiaku village.

The idea of masks as well as people as animals leads right into the next idea. Spiegelman is attempting to communicate very interesting ideas with this artistic choice. He is using specific animals in order to represent different ethnicities or types of people; for example, Jews are represented as mice. Spiegelman is building off Nazi ideals showing that Jews are dirty and bothersome people that need to be exterminated. By using this symbolism the author is amplifying a certain mentality in order to attempt to understand the Holocaust. Through the art in Maus the author is able to use illustration in order to make a much more interesting story, but it is not only about the art, it is also about certain

After a parade, the bull enters the ring and the matador tests the bull with capes and banderilleros. Through the use of a series of passes with capes, the matador learns a great deal about how the bull will charge and also his level of fierceness. Next, the matador uses the banderilleros, which are harpoon pointed colorful sticks that he jabs into the bull’s back. Then two picadores who are bullfighters on horseback enter the ring armed with a vara. The horses the picadores ride are heavily padded and blindfolded. The vara used by the picadores is a long lance that is used to attack the muscle on the bull’s neck. In this phase, with the blood loss, the bull’s charge is lessoned and his actions become more

In the preliminary stage (well, I lied there are actually four stages but the preliminary is not really considered one of the tercios), large capes, usually magenta and gold, are flashed before the bull. This is done in order to see how the bull will react. The bullfighters watch the bull closely to form a strategy for engaging it in the ring. If the bull is too timid, the fight could be boring because the bull will not charge when provoked, not allowing the matador to make skillful passes. However, if the bull is too aggressive, the fight may be too dangerous for the matador and he may have to kill the bull quickly. This is also an undesirable result. An ideal bull is one that is brave but the matador is able to manipulate. This allows the matador to show his artistry and skill in controlling the bull.

Women’s work for the Lower Arafundi involved washing sago flour, collecting firewood, making salt, cooking, sewing sago leaves into thatch and cleaning. Men’s tasks were warfare, hunting, catching fish and making houses or canoes. Men often took up gardening and clearing their settlements of grass. Men also participated in trade in the West, primarily with Yimas. Their trade included sago, sago grubs, pandanus, aibika, tobacco, betelnut, bow and arrows, and stone for pots and pans as well as shell necklaces. Both sexes shave the head back to the crown and on ceremonial occasions women painted faint designs on the exposed front. Men wore their hair in strands, about twenty centimeters long, and both sexes put mud in their hair for the ‘stringy’ effect. Women wore long skirts; shell encrusted belts, arm and leg bands as well as chest bands.

The band Slipknot is a powerful metal band that uses their identity and grotesque appearance to play a large role in their music. They are well known for its head turning grotesque self-made image as all the members wear matching orange jumpsuit uniforms (like the ones people wear in American jails), and wear individual unique masks that cover the whole of their face and often their head. The original idea of wearing the masks while performing was often attributed to a clown mask that the percussionist Crahan would bring to rehearsals when the band first started as it he felt that it helped him get into character and become immersed in the music. The concept developed, and in the late 1997, when the band decided that every member would wear

Do you know the legend of Ci Wara? Ci Wara is a mythical creature that has the feature of half-human and half-antelope, who first introduced humanity how to cultivate the earth. The education of agriculture from Ci Wara brought great influence to a Mande people living in West African of Mali who were called Bamana people during 17th Century. Bamana people are well known as the best of agricultural society who still practice their traditional ritual. One of the significant creation of art works from Bamana people, is headdresses those were also called Ci Wara. Bamana people used headdresses for ceremony during the harvesting period in order to praise completion of agriculture. The headdresses and the ceremonial performance symbolize the spiritual belief of Bamana people who think all objects including animals, plants and non-imagery objects lived among sprits. In this research paper, the significant roles of the headdresses, Ci Wara, and impact of the creature, Ci Wara, to Bamana people will be explained through their the traditional and cultural value of art works. So here is the legend and the story of Ci Wara.

Within this essay I will try to provide information that explains what “Ouroborus” is, investigate and include text that links the Ouroborus to many different carving cultures that the Ouroborus has had or still does have an effect on, and cover some of the many different impacts this symbol has an those cultures.