by Rootz Gallery | Feb 2, 2024 | Spiritual, Stones and minerals
Amethysts are perhaps the best known and best valued minerals in the world. With their light purple to deep violet color, they impress many people. Their captivating colors comes from traces of iron in the quartz. Typically manifesting in hexagonal crystals, amethyst...
by Rootz Gallery | Jan 27, 2024 | Spiritual
What are singing bowls? Singing bowls consist of a blend of metals, including copper, tin, iron, lead, mercury, gold, and silver. Striking them with a beater or striker stick unveils the distinct pitch of the bowl, since each one has its own unique frequency,...
by Rootz Gallery | Jan 23, 2024 | African Art
The Dogon people, residing on the sandy plateau of Bandiagara in central Mali (east of the Niger River), construct their villages against the Bandiagara cliff. Prior to the Dogon’s settlement, the Tellem inhabited the area, living there until the 15th century....
by Rootz Gallery | Nov 28, 2023 | Oceanic Art
One of the world’s largest swamps in Western New Guinea is home to an ancient ethnic group, the Asmat. Surrounded by rich vegetation and many rivers, the Asmat are known for their impressive carvings and accompanying rituals. Each wooden creation tells a story...
by Rootz Gallery | Oct 18, 2023 | African Art
What is the purpose of the Baga Nimba mask? This ritual mask represents the embodiment of the ideal fertile woman. Thus, it is not seen as a fertility “spirit,” but as an idea of the woman and the ideal image of her role in the Baga community: a mother...
