ancient africa [map 14-01]
DESCRIPTION
CROWNED HEAD OF A YORUBA RULER From Ife, Nigeria. Yoruba, 12th-15th century CE . Zinc brass, height 9-7/16" (24 cm). Museum of Ife Antiquities, Ife, Nigeria. [Fig. 14-01]. ANCIENT AFRICA [Map 14-01]. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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CROWNED HEAD OF A YORUBA RULERFrom Ife, Nigeria. Yoruba, 12th-15th century CE.
Zinc brass, height 9-7/16" (24 cm).Museum of Ife Antiquities, Ife, Nigeria. [Fig. 14-01]
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ANCIENT AFRICA[Map 14-01]
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DANCERS IN CEREMONIAL ATTIRESection of rock-wall painting, Tassili-n-Ajjer, Algeria.
c. 5000-2000 BCE. [Fig. 14-02]
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HEADFrom Nok, Nigeria. c. 500 BCE-200 CE.Terra cotta, height 14-3/16" (36 cm).
National Museum, Lagos, Nigeria. [Fig. 14-03]
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SECTION OF SAN ROCK-WALL PAINTINGSan peoples, uncertain dates. Drakensberg Mountains, South Africa.
Pigment and eland blood on rock. [Fig. 14-04]
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BURIAL CHAMBERIgbo-Ukwu, Nigeria. Reconstruction showing the placement of the ruler and artifacts in
the chamber in the 10th century.Painting by Caroline Sassoon. [Fig. 14-05]
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RITUAL VESSELFrom Ife, Nigeria. Yoruba, 13th-14th century CE.
Terra cotta, height 9-13/16" (24.9 cm).University Art Museum, Obafemi, Awolowo University, Ife, Nigeria. [Fig. 14-06]
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A CLOSER LOOK: Roped Pot on a StandFrom Igbo-Ukwu. 9th-10th century CE.
Leaded bronze, height 12-11/16" (32.3 cm).National Museum, Lagos.
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MEMORIAL HEAD OF AN OBAFrom Benin, Nigeria. Early Period, c. 16th century CE. Brass, height 9" (23 cm).
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri. Purchase: Nelson Trust through the generosity of Donald J. and Adele C. Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Robert Sutherland, an anonymous donor, and the exchange of Nelson Gallery Foundation properties (87-7). [Fig.
14-07]
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PHOTOGRAPH OF AN ALTAREdo culture, Nigeria. c. 1959.
The National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives (7584). [Fig. 14-08]
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TECHNIQUE: Lost-Wax Casting
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HIP PENDANT REPRESENTING AN IYOBA ("QUEEN MOTHER")From Benin City, Nigeria. Middle Period, c. 1550 CE.
Ivory, iron, and copper, height 9-3/8" (23.4 cm).Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection,
Gift of Nelson A. Rockefeller (1978.412.323). [Fig. 14-09]
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PLAQUE: WARRIOR CHIEF FLANKED BY WARRIORS AND ATTENDANTSFrom Benin City, Nigeria. Middle Period, c. 1550-1650 CE.
Brass, height 14-3/4" × 15-1/2" (37.5 × 39.4 cm). The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri. Purchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust (58-3) [Fig. 14-10]
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SENIOR TOWN CHIEFSupported by two attendants, one of them carrying his eben sword. [Fig. 14-11]
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OBA EREDIAUWAWearing coral-beaded regalia and seated on a dais. [Fig. 14-12]
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HORSEMANFrom Old Jenné, Mali. 13th-15th century CE.
Terra cotta, height 27-3/4" (70.5 cm). National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. Museum Purchase (86-12-2) [Fig. 14-13]
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GREAT FRIDAY MOSQUEJenné, Mali. Showing the eastern and northern façades.
Rebuilding of 1907, in the style of 13th-century original. [Fig. 14-14]
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DRAWING OF GREAT ENCLOSURE, GREAT ZIMBABWE[Fig. 14-15]
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CONICAL TOWER, GREAT ENCLOSUREGreat Zimbabwe Shona, Zimbabwe. c. 1350-1450 CE.
Stone, height of tower 30' (9.1 m). [Fig. 14-16]
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BET GIORGIS (CHURCH OF ST. GEORGE), LALIBELAEthiopia. 13th century.
Volcanic rock. [Fig. 14-17]
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ZOOMORPHIC HEADAngola. c. 750 CE. Wood, 19-7/8" × 6-1/8" (50.5 × 15.5 cm).
Royal Museum of Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium. [Fig. 14-18]
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DECORATED TEXTILEKongo. Before 1400 CE. Raffia, 9-1/2" × 18-1/2" (24 × 47 cm).
Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, England. (1886.1.254.1). [Fig. 14-19]
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CRUCIFIXKongo. Early 17th century CE. Bronze, height 10-1/2" (26.7 cm).
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Collection of Ernst Anspach. (1999.295.7)[Fig. 14-20]
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SAPI-PORTUGUESE STYLE HUNTING HORNSierra Leone. Late 15th century CE. Ivory, length 25" (63.5 cm).
National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. Gift of Walt Disney World Co., a subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company (2005-6-9) [Fig. 14-21]