Welcome to Women in Tribal Art News Post #1

Dear readers, artists and lovers of Tribal Art:

Thanks for following our blog at http://witanews.blogspot.com. Our Vision is to show by example, interviews and artwork that you can never underestimate the power of women and girls and art to change the world! 

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WHAT IS TRIBAL ART according to Wikipedia? 

See above info and more on tribal art overview at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribal_art

EXAMPLE OF WOMAN DEPICTED BY TRIBAL ARTIST: 

An example of a FEMALE POWER FIGURE as shown on wikipedia.org This example is a Congolese Nkisi Nikendi from the BNK, Royal Tribal Art.

According to some experts each nail may have been hammered into the figure as a prayer --similar to lighting candles at a Catholic Church. 

SURVEY QUESTION: 

CALL FOR READER AND EXPERT INPUT? What percentage of tribal art depicts women. Our expert says 70 percent. What do you think? Please comment here or tweet us @tribalartwomen

posted by Joyce Schwarz @ 2:32 pm Friday, February 8, 2013 -- for more information and membership in Women in Tribal Art Association go to: www.womenintribalart.org or email: joyce@womenintribalart.org