Large Bust depicting tribal couples with the men smoking a pipe with a goatee while the women have breaded hair and are adorned in a necklace.
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Quality works of African art are becoming harder and harder to find. The value of this art has gone up accordingly; and much of the traditional artwork has left the continent for private collections overseas. Leaving the collector new African art, which is not by no means inferior however; its just different. Just as modern Western art has taken prominence over older forms, so too, modern African art is replacing the traditional styles of the old schools of tribal art expression and bringing with it its own new meaning artistic & materialistic significance.