Elephant table, candle holder, log art, carved stone & wood animal pieces usually have from one to two African elephants depicted in each art work to as many as nine carved elephants and white fitted tusks.

Clarity of form and detail, complexity of composition, balance and symmetry, smoothness of finish: African artists place a high value on fine workmanship and mastery of their medium.
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New African art is not by any means inferior however; just different. Just as modern Western art has taken prominence over older forms, so too, modern African art is replacing the traditional; and bringing with it its own new meaning and aesthetic significance. African culture is shown through art in paintings and sculpture, as well as in jewelry and other items of everyday life.