CULTURAL SUGGESTIONS

AFRICA - Ekoi masks, fetish figures, Ashanti cloth dolls decorated with beads and cowrie shells, textile , Adinkra designs on , cloth, styrofoam printing, mask using natural materials, straw, seeds, beans, Guro animal masks, Ndbele beads (So. Africa), paper woven Tutsi baskets, story cloths, Kent cloth weavings (Ghana), Yoruba tie dye fabrics, tribal shields. ASIA - Chinese calligraphy or brush , painting, Indian stamp seals and miniatures, Japanese papermaking, some painting, fish banners, fish prints, windsocks, fans, nature line drawings in linoleum printing, nature watercolor paintings (bamboo and flowers), Southeast Asian paper sculptures, paper kimonos, design Imperial ceremonial robes AUSTRALIA – Aboriginal paintings with symbols, lines, dots, bark paintings, boomerangs CENTRAL AMERICA - Panamanian paper or fabric moles, bark paintings EUROPE - English pen and ink crewel designs of flowers and fauna from 16th -18th century; embroidery on linen and cloth; hearts flowers linked by curving stems, tendrils and leaves; mosaic designs using paper, floral designs, mythological creatures, birds, animals, geometric designs. Illustration of Greek mythology on vases INDIA – henna hand painting, interpretations of the Ganesha, Hindu gods and goddesses, Taj Majal- monument to love - Amate paper cutouts, simulated bark paintings, using brown craft paper, holy images, retablo, string paintings using Pre-Colombian motifs., “Day of the Dead” masks, Huiochel, Aztec sundial calendar PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH - fraktur, floral borders, hearts, tulips, doves, hex signs, in water color, collage or felt tip marker, patchwork quilts, folk art weather vanes ` MIDDLE EAST - Geometric designs, tessellations, floral, calligraphic designs of Persian etchings, ornate Arabic letters, scenes of bazaars, architecture, mosques/minarets, Israeli stain glass windows, Turkish Iznik plates, shadow puppets, mock Persian carpets NATIVE AMERICANS - Paper weavings similar to woven rugs, sand paintings of suns, eagles, feathers, snakes, lightning, corn, mock buffalo skins that illustrate the history, symbolism and exploits of war, dolls and masks, designs of eagles, bears, ravens, thunderbirds, executed in water color, tempera or felt tip, spirit masks, mandalas, shields, colored pencil graph paper designs taken from beadwork that depict deer, flowers, thunderbirds and geometric shapes. POLISH WYCINANKI - Cut folded paper for symmetrical design; subject matter may reflects trees, flowers, roosters, birds, stars, etc. PUERTO RICO - Vegigante masks, carved wooden Santos SOUTH AMERICA – Inca foiled tool masks UKRAINE - Pysanky decorative designs: sun, evergreens, hens, butterflies, wheat, fish, flower, deer and rams