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Carol Kucera Studio Gallery
New Art for A New Century
THE MASK AND THE SHIELD
An artistic appreciation for the cultural arts of West Africa
Paintings by Carol Kucera incorporating authentic West African cultural artifacts which are permanently affixed to the canvas.

Bamileke Round Shield Acrylic on canvas
Carved wood shield Bamileke People, Cameroon
Paper beads Uganda 34" X 34" $4000


Maasai Moran Acrylic on canvas
Carved wood Maasai warrior figures
from Kenya, 28" X 28" $2700

Family Acrylic on canvas,
Ghana wood carving Balsa wood
20"X 26" $1900
Punu Mukudj Acrylic on canvas,
Punu mask, Gabon assorted beads
28 X 28 $2800

Baule Dance Mask Acrylic on canvas
Baule wood mask, Ivory Coast
African glass and ceramic beads
32"X 22" $2600


Fulani Tribal Mask, Mali
Acrylic on canvas, Sese wood, aluminum, brass, African beads
40"H X 28"W $3700


Kinyago Cha Kenya Acrylic on canvas
Kenyan wood mask, African beads
38 X 30" $3700

Fang Long Mask Acrylic on canvas
Fang wood mask, African bone beads
48" X 26" $4200
Fang Dance Mask Acrylic on canvas
Wood Fang mask, Gabon African beads
34" X 28" $3200
Guro Horned Spirit Guide,
Acrylic on canvaa Guro Tribal Mask Ivory Coast 40"X 20" $2700

Tikar Harvest Blessing Acrylic on canvas
38" X 18" $2700 Tikar Mask Cameroon
Congolo nuts W. Africa


Fang Female Mask Acrylic on canvas
Fang wood mask, Gabon African beads
34" X 22 $2800
Baoule Bird Mask Acrylic on canvas
Mask Ivory Coast, Congolo nuts,
West Africa 36" X 16" $2400


West African Tribal Shield I Acrylic on canvas
44" X 32" $4800
West African Tribal Shield II Acrylic on canvas 44" X 32" $4800



Baoule Horned Mask, Acrylic on canvas, cowrie shells, Ivory Coast 40"x18" $2800
Morning Sky Guardian Acrylic on canvas
West African tribal shield 48" X 24" $4000
Twilight Sky Guardian Acrylic on canvas
West African tribal shield 46" X 22" $3700

Fang Cultural Guardian Acrylic on canvas 16" X 18" $1500
Fang Mask Gabon

Congo Acrylic on canvas 44" X 34"
$4900 Kuba Mask D.R. Congo
Iron snake Mali


Night Sky Dancer Acrylic on canvas
Fang Mask, Gabon, Brass snake Ghana 46" X 26" $4200
Kpelie Senoufo Acrylic on canvas Kpelie,
N. Ivory Coast or S. Mali 10" X 36" $2500
African Iron Age, one of the sources for masks depicted in my artworks above



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