Nigerian Art by Diya Mittal

Northern Nigeria - Sharo Dance

asolanki2 — 2024-12-13 03:31:17 UTC

Sharo dance: This is a popular dance from northern Nigeria, mainly among the Fulani and Hausa people. It is majorly performed during the rite of passage where the fittest man in the community takes the most beautiful lady as his bride.

South Eastern Nigeria

asolanki2 — 2024-12-13 03:33:40 UTC

These carved wooden figures have human faces but animal attributes, and reflect the achievements of their owners

South Eastern Nigeria

asolanki2 — 2024-12-13 03:35:17 UTC

Found in the northern Ekoi area, around Ikom, are circles of large stones (akwanshi) from 1 to 6 feet (30 to 180 cm) high, carved in low relief to represent human figures.

They are thought to be no earlier than the 16th century.

Best known for their large skin-covered masks, which have two or even three faces, and for their smaller headpieces, which represent a head or an entire figure.

South Western Nigeria

asolanki2 — 2024-12-13 03:46:53 UTC

Janus-Faced Headdress (Ejagham or Bale peoples)

The technique of covering carved wood headdresses with leather is unique to the area along the Cross River, which straddles the border between the present-day nations of Nigeria and Cameroon. The headdresses are worn during funerals and initiations of association members and sometimes used for ceremonies related to agricultural concerns.

South Western Nigeria

asolanki2 — 2024-12-13 03:48:16 UTC

Adire is a textile art typically made and worn by Yoruba women in southwestern Nigeria. Adire broadly refers to a variety of indigo-dyed textiles that use different resist techniques (a process of dyeing textiles where part of the cloth is protected while the other part is dyed), including stitching (adire alabere) and starch resist (adire eleko) in addition to tying (adire oniko)

South Western Nigeria

asolanki2 — 2024-12-13 03:51:16 UTC

Ceremonial robe of the Dejì, the ruler. Traditional ruler of Akúré, a centuries-old Yorùbá kingdom in the south-west part of the country

South Western Nigeria

asolanki2 — 2024-12-13 03:53:11 UTC

Their art traditions are of considerable antiquity. Excavations at Ife, in central Yorubaland (the site of the creation of the world in some Yoruba myths), have shown that naturalistic sculpture in brass and pottery was being produced sometime between 1100 and 1450 CE. The sculptures may represent royal figures and their attendants, and life-size portrait heads in brass were perhaps used as part of funerary effigies. Throughout Yorubaland, human figures are represented in a fundamentally naturalistic way, except for bulging eyes, flat, protruding, and usually parallel lips, and stylized ears.

South Western Nigeria

asolanki2 — 2024-12-13 03:56:14 UTC

Hailing from the Yoruba ethnic group in southwestern Nigeria, the Bata dance is a vibrant and dynamic display of rhythm and coordination. Dancers wear ankle bells and move gracefully to the sounds of the Bata drums.

Northern Nigeria

asolanki2 — 2024-12-13 03:58:21 UTC

Hausa architectural forms include mosques, walls, common compounds, and gates. Hausa traditional architecture is an integral part of how Hausa people construct a sense of interrelation with their physical environment.

Northern Nigeria

asolanki2 — 2024-12-13 03:59:56 UTC

The traditional attire for Yoruba men consists of Agbada, Buba, Sokoto, and Fila. The agbada is a wide-sleeved flowing robe worn over a buba and sokoto. It is made from luxurious fabrics like lace, brocade and the most popular one, Aso-Oke (Aso-Ofi) which is handwoven.