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Tchokwe art

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Tchokwe art

Tchokwe art Tchokwe art © Bernard Gerard-Hoa Qui

The Tchokwe, an African people living in the confines of Angola and Congo, contributed a lot in the development of art. Their masks are known to express extreme sensibility. Tchokwe professional sculptors in the past made folk-carvings or sculpted cases designed to contain magical charms. The aesthetic canons of their art reveals deliberate interest in abstract style.

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