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13 Africa
- 11. Burial chamber of Igbo-Ukwu
- 12. Plaque: warrior chief flanked by warriors and attendants, Benin
- 14. Yoruba Head of a king
- 21. Terra Cotta Yoruba Head
- 22. Memorial head of an Oba
- 24. Altar, Edo Culture of Nigeria
- 25. Hip mask representing an i yoba, Benin
- 26. Horseman, Mali
- 27. Great Friday Mosque, Mali
- 28. Conical Tower, Great Zimbabwe
Editor's Notes
- Artist: n/a Title: Ancient Africa Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: n/a Source/Museum: n/a
- Picasso vs. African Mask
- Artist: n/a Title: Incised ocher plaque Medium: Iron ore ocher stone Size: length 3" (7.6 cm) Date: c. 70,000 BCE Source/Museum: Blombos Cave, South Africa. / Iziko South African Museum, Cape town, South Africa
- Artist: n/a Title: Cattle Being Tended Medium: Section of rock-wall painting Size: n/a Date: c. 5000–2000 BCE Source/Museum: Tassili-n-Ajjer, Algeria
- Artist: n/a Title: Section of San rock-wall painting Medium: Pigment and eland blood on rock Size: n/a Date: n/a Source/Museum: San peoples. n.d. Drakensberg Mountains, South Africa
- Artist: n/a Title: Head Medium: Terra cotta Size: height 14 3⁄16" (36 cm) Date: c. 500 BCE–200 CE Source/Museum: Nok, / National Museum, Lagos, Nigeria
- Artist: Caroline Sassoon Title: Burial chamber of Igbo-Ukwu, showing the placement of the ruler and artifacts in the chamber in the 10th century Medium: Reconstruction painting Size: n/a Date: n/a Source/Museum: n/a
- Artist: n/a Title: Plaque: warrior chief flanked by warriors and attendants, Benin Medium: Brass Size: height 14¾" X 15½" (37.5 X 39.4 cm) Date: Middle Period, c. 1550–1650 CE Source/Museum: Benin, Nigeria. / The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri. K [58-3]
- Artist: n/a Title: Roped pot on a stand Medium: Leaded bronze Size: height 12 11⁄16" (32.3 cm) Date: 9th–10th century Source/Museum: Igbo-Ukwu. / National Museum, Lagos
- Artist: n/a Title: Yoruba Head of a king Medium: Zinc brass Size: height 11 7⁄16" (29 cm) Date: c. 13th century CE Source/Museum: Ife. Yoruba. / Museum of Ife Antiquities, Ife, Nigeria
- Artist: n/a Title: Terra Cotta Yoruba Head Medium: Terra cotta Size: height 12 15⁄16" (32.8 cm) Date: c. 1200–1300 CE Source/Museum: Ife. Yoruba. / Museum of Ife Antiquities, Ife, Nigeria
- Artist: n/a Title: Memorial head of an Oba Medium: Brass Size: height 9" (23 cm) Date: c. 16th century Source/Museum: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- Artist: Photo by Eliot Elisofon. Title: Altar, Edo Culture of Nigeria Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: c. 1959 Source/Museum: Edo Culture, Nigeria. / The National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives 7584
- Artist: n/a Title: Hip mask representing an i yoba, Benin (“Queen Mother”) Medium: Ivory, iron, and copper Size: height 9 ⅜ " (23.4 cm) Date: Middle Period, c. 1550 CE Source/Museum: Benin, / The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Gift of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1972 (1978.412.323)
- Artist: n/a Title: Horseman, Mali Medium: Terra cotta Size: height 27¾" (70.5 cm) Date: 13–15th century Source/Museum: Old Jenné, Mali. / The National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Museum Purchase, (86-12-2)
- Artist: n/a Title: Great Friday Mosque, Mali Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: Rebuilding of 1907, in the style of 13th-century original Source/Museum: Jenné, Mali, Showing The Eastern and Northern Façades
- Artist: n/a Title: Conical Tower, Great Zimbabwe Medium: n/a Size: height of tower 30' (9.1 m) Date: c. 1200–1400 CE Source/Museum: Great Zimbabwe
- Artist: n/a Title: Decorated textile, Kongo Medium: Raffia Size: 9½ X 28¼" (24 X 72 cm) Date: Early 17th century Source/Museum: Kongo. / Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, England
- Artist: n/a Title: Decorated textile, Kongo Medium: Raffia Size: 9½ X 28¼" (24 X 72 cm) Date: Early 17th century Source/Museum: Kongo. / Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, England
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