{"product_id":"img_4583","title":"Woven Gaze — Original Painting (50 × 60 cm)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWoven Gaze\u003c\/strong\u003e — an original mixed-media acrylic painting on canvas by Ivan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA figure stands centered, the face entirely veiled by painted cowrie shells — small spiral mouths fitted edge to edge so the features disappear behind them. Where the eyes should be, only shells gaze back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross West, Central and East Africa, cowries have long carried meaning as currency, divination tools, and protective adornment on masks and ancestral garments. Here they trade the personal gaze for an ancestral one. Around the figure, hand-drawn motifs echo Kente, Bògòlanfini and Adinkra traditions — a second skin of lineage and protection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne-of-a-kind original. Signed by the artist. Ships rolled in a protective tube.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"IvanArtsStudio","offers":[{"title":"Original Painting","offer_id":52937465201007,"sku":"IAS-IMG4583-ORIG","price":155.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0972\/5932\/3759\/files\/woven-gaze-mockup-1.jpg?v=1778435377","url":"https:\/\/african-art-hub-htlmk.myshopify.com\/products\/img_4583","provider":"african-art-hub-htlmk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}