AFRICAN MOVIE POSTER HAND PAINTED GHANA MARTIAL ART Start Price USD 149.95 Current Price USD 149.95 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price USD 169.94 Reserve Price - Start Time Saturday, November 15, 2008 End Time Tuesday, November 25, 2008 Location Accra See more about 'AFRICAN MOVIE POSTER HAND PAINTED GHANA MARTIAL ART' Description AFRICAN MOVIE POSTER HAND PAINTED GHANA MARTIAL ART Dear Customers, Please be advised that we are currently relocating our operations to Europe and we will be offline from 25th November 2008 to 10th January 2009. During this time we will not be running auctions or buy-it-now listings on eBay and we will not be able to ship any orders. Customers with open orders can complete their transactions before 25th November 2008 We look forward to serving you again in the New Year! Please look for our new Tribalmusic listings on eBay starting on January 10th, 2009. Thank you very much for your patience and understanding. SHAOLIN TEMPLE This a beautiful oil painted on canvas poster painted in Ghana West Africa. This type of posters are highly collectible and many times displayed in Museums all over the world !!!!!!! This is not a print !! is a real oil paint !!! With the arrival of video and video cassettes during 1980s In Ghana (West Africa) a small-scale film distribution / mobile Cinema was created. This small size mobile " Cinema " operators were equipped with a television a Video and some times with a small portable generator and were moving from town to town from village to village operating and showing their films! (During the day inside social clubs or houses and during the night in the open air) In order to attract more customers and in order to advertise their mission and business the need of huge posters was created and born! Talented artists after viewing the film were creating large size posters using oil paint on canvas! The artist had the freedom to add or change scenes seen or not seen in the film in order to make the poster more attractive! (This is the reason that this hand painted posters are more interesting as ART than the normal posters since each of this hand painted poster is UNIQUE! and except the film content it also express the artist him self!) These posters were rolled or folded and easy to move around with the mobile Cinema. Because of the posters " hard " life (Folded or rolled, under the rain and sun and display for several months during their rounds all over Ghana) most of the surviving posters have damage at the end of the canvas, peelings, cracking and other damages. By the mid 1900s the mobile Cinema business declined and almost collapsed since television and video was more widely available in Ghana. The profits of the mobile Cinema operators were also reduced ! and they were not able to afford the " expensive " talented artist to paint their signboards any more !!!! And at the present days they have to rely with Photocopy paper posters in order to survive and reduce cost! For more information concerning this type of art please read: " Extreme Canvas: Hand-Painted Movie Poster from Ghana " with over 350 colorful examples of this unique posters! DETAILS FOR THIS FILM AND POSTER: Film: SHAOLIN TEMPLE  MARTIAL ARTS / ACTION Poster: Hand Painted in Ghana. Size: Art size 53 " x 39 1/2" ( 134 cm x 100 cm) Condition: In very good condition with some repairs / few very small size holes at the ends and signs of wear in the art work and at the ends due to age and usage. Check out the other movie posters in my Store! WE WERE SELLING OUR AFRICAN ART USING OUR FIRST ID " tribalgh " AND PLEASE VIEW OUR FEEDBACK !!!! WE CREATED tribalmusic IN ORDER TO BRING TO EBAY A COMPLETE LINE OF AUTHENTIC AFRICAN ART !!! A real piece of Authentic African art !!!! A real piece of Authentic African art !!!! ***What can be more authentic than buying your African artifacts direct from Africa !!!!!!!!!*** We are exporters and retailers of African art. PAYMENT INFORMATION: 1) We accept PAYPAL payments. 2) For customers that dont have paypal account we offer secure online payment ( All major credit/ debit card cards ) through 2CHECKOUT ( USA registered company ) that are acting as our authorized online retailers. 2CHECKOUT accepts Visa, MasterCard (including Eurocard), American Express, and Discover/Novus cards ( No registration required and no charges to you ) PLEASE DO NOT EMAIL ME YOUR CREDIT / DEBIT card information 2CHECKOUT offers secure servers for online payments and keeps your financial details confidential. When the auction finishes within 24 hours I will send you an email with a link that will take you to the secure servers of 2CHECKOUT were you can complete the payment using your credit / debit card. We DO NOT accept Money orders / Checks / Cash. SHIPPING INFORMATION: We ship our posters using DHL courier for a fast and safe delivery ( 3 - 6 working days anyware in the world ! ) at cost of $ 14.95 for shipping and handling. To reduce shipping cost you can combine your order. Each additional poster $ 7 for shipping and handling. Created by eBay Blackthorne ver. 3.2.151.0 Place a Bid!