Help identifying reverse painting on glass hawaiian?

Discussion in 'Art' started by citrusey, Aug 6, 2024.

  1. citrusey

    citrusey Member

    I have this 20240806_071421.jpg 20240806_071310.jpg old hawaiian? Reverse painting on glass. It is signed but can't make it out anyone know who this is and anything about this?
     
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  2. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Her cornrow braided hair with beads isn't very Hawaiian. Maybe African or Caribbean?
     
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  3. 2manybooks

    2manybooks Well-Known Member

    There is a popular art form in Senegal of painting on glass. This may be an example.

    "Reverse-glass painting in Senegal flourishes today as a commercial, tourist art, but this was not always so. For several decades before the 1960s, it was primarily a local art for local consumption. There has been a parallel shift away from the earlier concentration on Islamic religious themes to more secular contemporary concerns: social commentary, portraits, domestic scenes, musicians, wrestlers, and even Mammy Wata."
    https://www.sil.si.edu/silpublicati...ail.cfm?subCategory=Senegal -- Glass Painting

    Here is a print reproducing an image originally painted on glass, of a Senegalese woman with a similar hairstyle -
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    https://www.etsy.com/listing/1566096674/senegalese-woman-print-of-original?gpla=1&gao=1&

    And an earlier post of this forum about a Senegalese painting on glass -

    https://www.antiquers.com/threads/reverse-glass-painting-by-senegal-artist-samba-guyeye.44859/
     
  4. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    She has cowrie shells in her hair, so Senegal is a dead fit. (I wish my hair would do that, but no such luck.) It's also the fabric-production area for West Africa, if that's any help.
     
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  5. citrusey

    citrusey Member

    Yes I think this may be Senegalese. Thanks!
     
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  6. citrusey

    citrusey Member

    Thank You!
     
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