Handmade African Tin Art

Discussion in 'Tribal Art' started by Snipsa, Dec 11, 2014.

  1. Snipsa

    Snipsa Active Member

    Bought these little guys a while back from a guy in Cape Town. The craftmanship is not that good, but you can see that hours of work went into these.

    You can see underneath them that anything from shoe polish tins to coke tins were used to make these. 20141204_073709.jpg 20141204_073722.jpg 20141204_073728.jpg
     
    Snipsa, Dec 11, 2014
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  2. Figtree3

    Figtree3 What would you do if you weren't afraid?

    Interesting - thanks for posting!
     
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  3. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    Folk art for sure. I've seen similar things come out of Africa before, not to mention the Caribbean. And the Depression and WWII. My dad's father made toys out of old tin cans then too.
     
    evelyb30, Dec 11, 2014
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