2026
"Beauty in the Beads #5", Masai warrior woman, indigenous, hand strung beads
By Abu Mwenye
Located in Edgartown, MA
Born to parents from Kenya and Tanzania, Abu has always been drawn to the vibrant colors and rich cultural traditions of his roots. Abu's artistic journey began with his uncle's sket...
Glass, Acrylic
"Beauty in the Beads #4", portrait indigenous woman, hand strung beads, Masai
By Abu Mwenye
Located in Edgartown, MA
Born to parents from Kenya and Tanzania, Abu has always been drawn to the vibrant colors and rich cultural traditions of his roots. Abu's artistic journey began with his uncle's sket...
Glass, Acrylic
"Beauty in the Beads #6", smiling child, indigenous, hand strung beads, Masai
By Abu Mwenye
Located in Edgartown, MA
Born to parents from Kenya and Tanzania, Abu has always been drawn to the vibrant colors and rich cultural traditions of his roots. Abu's artistic journey began with his uncle's sket...
Glass, Acrylic
"Beauty in the Beads #3", warrior, indigenous man, hand strung beads, Masai
By Abu Mwenye
Located in Edgartown, MA
Born to parents from Kenya and Tanzania, Abu has always been drawn to the vibrant colors and rich cultural traditions of his roots. Abu's artistic journey began with his uncle's sket...
Glass, Acrylic
"Masai women 2", portrait indigenous women, Masai, African, colorful, community
By Abu Mwenye
Located in Edgartown, MA
Born to parents from Kenya and Tanzania, Abu has always been drawn to the vibrant colors and rich cultural traditions of his roots. Abu's artistic journey began with his uncle's sket...
Acrylic
"The Strength of a Woman", portrait of a woman, Ghana, beads jewelry indigenous
By Theophilus Tetteh
Located in Edgartown, MA
In his work, Tetteh condenses the internal sentiments and tensions of his characters and focuses them, using the eyes as the outlet for expression. In this way his subjects become in...
Canvas, Acrylic
'Shujaa' Contemporary African Tribal portrait of a woman wearing a head dress
By Ignacio Trelis
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Shujaa by Ignacio Trelis is a powerful contemporary portrait that celebrates cultural identity, strength, and dignity through the depiction of an African tribal woman adorned in an e...
Oil, Panel
Portrait of a West African Female Figure, Watercolor
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Portrait of a West African Female Figure, Watercolor Bernard L. Cohen, (American, 20th Century), African Figure, 1992, watercolor on paper, signed, dated, l.r. 16 by 13 in., overall...
Paint
Samburu Adornment by John Kenny. C-type Print with Acrylic Face
Located in Coltishall, GB
I met this young married Samburu in the middle of a busy market in western Kenya. She was with a group of young women browsing the wooden stalls dotted across the dusty red earth in the lowlands of the Matthew’s Range. In Samburu communities young men spend years as warriors – a wandering lifestyle which make it impossible for them to marry. Instead they take girlfriends and give them beads and necklaces to indicate their relationship. Samburu girls adore receiving these presents and adorn themselves in more and more necklaces. The girl in this picture, although now married to an elder, still shows her beads from the time of being promised to a warrior: they are the band of 8 or so thin necklaces...
C Print
Samburu Adornment by John Kenny. C-type Print with Acrylic Face
Located in Coltishall, GB
I met this young married Samburu in the middle of a busy market in western Kenya. She was with a group of young women browsing the wooden stalls dotted across the dusty red earth in the lowlands of the Matthew’s Range. In Samburu communities young men spend years as warriors – a wandering lifestyle which make it impossible for them to marry. Instead they take girlfriends and give them beads and necklaces to indicate their relationship. Samburu girls adore receiving these presents and adorn themselves in more and more necklaces. The girl in this picture, although now married to an elder, still shows her beads from the time of being promised to a warrior: they are the band of 8 or so thin necklaces...
C Print
Beads of the Omo Valley by John Kenny. Acrylic Face-Mounted C-type Print
Located in Coltishall, GB
The Arbore of southern Ethiopia are a small group living within a few square miles of the Omo Valley. They are located near to Lake Stefanie, known locally as Chew Bahir, a body of ...
C Print
Samburu Adornment by John Kenny. C-type Print with Acrylic Face-Mount
Located in Coltishall, GB
I met this young married Samburu in the middle of a busy market in western Kenya. She was with a group of young women browsing the wooden stalls dotted across the dusty red earth in the lowlands of the Matthew’s Range. In Samburu communities young men spend years as warriors – a wandering lifestyle which make it impossible for them to marry. Instead they take girlfriends and give them beads and necklaces to indicate their relationship. Samburu girls adore receiving these presents and adorn themselves in more and more necklaces. The girl in this picture, although now married to an elder, still shows her beads from the time of being promised to a warrior: they are the band of 8 or so thin necklaces...
C Print
