[Meister]

agree in one thing - more correct to call it "naive art". "primitive art" - is really something else. But all around, this is art. It is an expression of the creative potential of these peoples. More developed person expresses it in painting, music, and again in the same sculptures. Or do you call a 5-meter carved idols of the craft? Or, masks, shamans to Score conducted their ritual? What is it craft? It is possible that these statues were used as a monetary tool, but it is not in any way takes away their merits folk art. All of humanity passed through a stage of savage tribes, and for me personally, these statues and masks are much more spiritual character than, for example, much of modern art.