You should never place furniture in such a way that there is not much space between them; there should always be space for chi to flow within any space. Besides, you should always avoid placing beds, chairs, sofas or desks right across main doors or with back towards them. You and your guests should never be with your back right across entrance door.

It is also important that you don't place too much of an element in wrong area. If, according to bagua map, a house area should contain water or metal to be in balance, you should avoid placing to much fire, earth or wood in them. It is also important to avoid dark corners; if you find a dark corner within your house or office, you should make it clearer by illuminating it or by placing a plant at it. Dark places and spots always attract yin energy and obstruct chi from flowing freely and properly, therefore you should always attract light and yang energy to every corner of your house and office.

In addition to ancestral figure sculptures another important African art form is mask. Again, mask was carved for religious purposes and usually destroyed after use. This is one of reasons why so little ancient African art has survived. Of course another reaons is due to nature of materials that were used in sculptures. Clay and wood were most common and unlikely to survive over a long period of time.

The earliest known African sculptures come from Nigeria. Between years 1100 AD and 1300AD Nigerian civilization flourished and many beautiful terrocotta sculptures have been discovered and are suprisingly lifelike.

African Art has had a considerable influence on Western Art. Most notable would be work of Picasso. The inspiration of African masks and sculptures and shapes partly inspired 'cubism' and other abstact art forms.