Wikipedia:Picture peer review/African pieces

African Masks and Sculptures

Image 1 - A wooden mask made by the Punu tribe in Gabon

Image 2 - A 30 cm ebony sculpture.

Image 3 - Fang mask used for the Ngil ceremony. Wood, Gabon, 19th century.

Image 4 - Mask, Urhobo peoples, Nigeria, Early to mid-20th century.

All of these are in better than usual quality, are prominently used in their articles, have obvious EV to them and are beautiful and obviously made by someone talented.

I'm looking for the support of seconders or really good reasons why one or more of these shouldn't be featured. I'm not sure if Image 1 has a free license.

Articles these images appear in

Image 1:
Tribal art · African art
Image 2:
Wood as a medium · Ebony · African art
Image 3:
Mask · Beti-Pahuin peoples · Les Demoiselles d'Avignon · Picasso's African Period · Musée de l'Homme · An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" · African traditional masks
Image 4:
Urhobo · African traditional masks

Creators

Image 1: Photo by Docludi, Image 2: Photo by MisterMatt,
Image 3: Photo by Jastrow, Image 4: Photo by cliff1066 on Flickr
No artisans' names specified or available.

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I′d※<3※Ɵɲɛ (talk) 00:51, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

Comments

• Image 4. I find the shadows on the wall very offputting, shadows on mask itself quite harsh, and lighting in general less than optimal. Size and quality aren't great. Suggest it would fare badly at FPC. Haven't looked at the others. --jjron (talk) 15:46, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
• Images 1 and 2 have some poorly removed backgrounds - the edges are rough. Both could be a bit sharper. Image 3 seems like it was taken through glass. Image 4 has the issues jjron mentioned. I think all of them have a decent chance at VPC, but would probably not pass at FPC. Jujutacular ^T · C 20:35, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

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