1-28-2014
I headed into our capital city,
Port of Spain to meet with friends who are visiting from overseas for a wedding. There were so many beautiful sceneries and
opportunities for photography on the way and whilst there. I even captured some street shots. We visited a local shop that imported art work
from various African countries. There
are many places for African art, but I had not seen it in this quantity and
quality here in Trinidad. This was three
buildings full of artwork, from Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria, Liberia, Zimbabwe, Somalia,
Egypt, just to name a few. All different
forms from musical instruments to dining room sets, to tea sets, to calabash
lamps, to bowls, cutlery, jewelry, hand bags, spears, daggers, wood carvings,
elephant husk carvings, cow horn carvings, bone carvings, fabric, so many
things, that I cannot recall all of it.
Many pieces I captured stood out to me. However, I have always loved
room dividers and I am in awe of the Asian dividers but this African divider
took my breath away.
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