East African art
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East African art encompasses the diverse visual and material traditions of countries along Africa’s eastern region, including sculpture, textiles, body adornment, and ritual objects shaped by indigenous cultures, trade routes, and religious influences such as Islam and Christianity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| East African art canonical | 1 |
Statements (86)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
art tradition
ⓘ
cultural heritage ⓘ visual art ⓘ |
| associatedWithPeople |
Amhara people
ⓘ
Baganda ⓘ
surface form:
Baganda people
Gikuyu–Embu–Meru peoples ⓘ
surface form:
Gikuyu people
Maasai ⓘ
surface form:
Maasai people
Makonde people NERFINISHED ⓘ Oromo people ⓘ Somali people ⓘ Swahili people ⓘ |
| hasCenter |
Addis Ababa
ⓘ
Dar es Salaam ⓘ Lamu ⓘ Mombasa ⓘ Nairobi ⓘ Stone Town ⓘ Zanzibar ⓘ |
| hasForm |
architecture
ⓘ
beadwork ⓘ body adornment ⓘ ceramics ⓘ metalwork ⓘ painting ⓘ ritual objects ⓘ rock art ⓘ sculpture ⓘ textiles ⓘ wood carving ⓘ |
| hasTradition |
Ethiopian Christian icon painting
ⓘ
Ethiopian illuminated manuscripts ⓘ Kanga textiles ⓘ Kikoi textiles ⓘ Makonde sculpture ⓘ Swahili carved doors ⓘ Tinga Tinga painting ⓘ beaded jewelry ⓘ body scarification ⓘ funerary sculpture ⓘ henna body decoration ⓘ ritual masks ⓘ |
| includesCountry |
Burundi
ⓘ
Comoros ⓘ Djibouti ⓘ Eritrea ⓘ Ethiopia ⓘ Kenya ⓘ Madagascar ⓘ Mozambique ⓘ Rwanda ⓘ Somalia ⓘ South Sudan ⓘ Sudan ⓘ Tanzania ⓘ Uganda ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Arab culture
ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ European colonialism ⓘ Indian Ocean trade routes ⓘ Indian culture ⓘ Islam ⓘ Persian culture ⓘ Swahili culture ⓘ indigenous cultures ⓘ trans-Saharan trade ⓘ |
| material |
beads
ⓘ
clay ⓘ cloth ⓘ fiber ⓘ ivory ⓘ metal ⓘ stone ⓘ wood ⓘ |
| region | East Africa ⓘ |
| religiousContext |
Christian art
ⓘ
Islamic art ⓘ indigenous religious practices ⓘ |
| timeDepth |
ancient period
ⓘ
contemporary period ⓘ early modern period ⓘ medieval period ⓘ |
| usedFor |
political authority
ⓘ
religious worship ⓘ ritual practices ⓘ social status display ⓘ trade and exchange ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.