Archive for the 'African Mask Symbols' Category

Ubuntu – self sacrifice symbols

Saturday, June 25th, 2011

The best icon for Ubuntu, or the practise of giving of ones self to those around you, has to be Nyaminyami. This touching African myth about a snake like being who gives of his own body to those around him. What makes this myth all the more potent, is the fact that in many African [...]

African Mask Pendants

Tuesday, February 1st, 2011

These fantastic African mask pendants are made by one company only – a small jewellery manufacturing business based in South Africa. Each mask has been researched to find the best of African Symbolism. The masks were originally carved in wax by George Skews – A South African Artist. The African Mask pendants have been sculptured [...]