african art exam 2

Ibini

Edo

Olokun & divine kingship (oba)

Hierarchical composition

Mudfish, Pythons & the principle of duality

Quatrefoils

The Office of the Queen Mother

The significance of the Warrior Kings Period

The Punitive Expedition

 The pre-Islamic social model of the Sahel & its relationship to the arrival and spread of Islam (from reading)

 Manding Style (from lecture) and the 4 architectural features in Manding-style mosques

Sahel

Inland Niger Delta (from lecture)

   Jenne-Jeno

 “Entreaties for Divine Intervention” (from reading / repeated in lecture)

Bogolanfini

   “White” bogolanfini

“Red” bogolanfini (specifically, the two types of “red” bogolanfini: Basiae  and N’gale)

“Crocodile” motif

“Crocodile Digits” motif

“that which holds up the head of a Moor woman” motif

 “The aesthetic of the irregular”

“The wing of the swallow” (from Brett-Smith’s “Speech Made Visible” & discussed– although not named–in lecture)

Nyama

 Jayan vs. Dibi and how they are expressed in bogolanfini and hunter’s tunics

“Mother-childness”  and “Father-childness”

Akan

Asante/Ashanti

 Asantehene

The Verbal/Visual Nexus

Ananse

The Reef Knot motif

The Chain motif

    Human Mandibles motif

“Commemorative Head,” Edo artist, Benin Kingdom, Warrior Kings Period, 15th-16th c., Terracotta

“Commemorative (Trophy?) Head,” Edo artist, Benin Kingdom, Warrior King Period, 15th-16th c., Bronze, lost-wax casting

Commemorative Oba Head

Edo (Benin Kingdom), Restoration Period (18th – 19th c)

Bronze (copper alloy), lost-wax casting

Queen Mother Commemorative Head

Edo (Benin Kingdom), Latter part of Warrior King Period (16th c)

Bronze (copper alloy), lost-wax casting

Queen Mother Commemorative Head

Edo (Benin Kingdom), Restoration Period (18th – 19th c)

Bronze (copper alloy), lost-wax casting

Tusk Honoring Oba Osemwende

Edo (Benin Kingdom), c. 1850-1888 (Restoration Period)

Ivory

Art Institute of Chicago

Plaque: Four Figures in Palace Altar Gallery

Edo (Benin Kingdom), 16th-17th c.,

Warrior Kings Period

Bronze (copper alloy), lost-wax casting

Plaque: Warrior (Oba?) & Attendants

Edo (Benin Kingdom), 16th c- 17th c (Warrior Kings Period)

Bronze (copper alloy), lost-wax casting

Leopard Head Trimmed with Python Heads

Hip Ornament

Edo (Benin Kingdom), 16th-19th c.

Bronze (copper alloy), lost-wax casting

Middlebury College Museum of Art

Village Mosque, Kwara, Mali

17th c.

West Entrance to Village Mosque,

San, Mali, late 20th c.

Tomb of Askia Muhammed, Gao, Mali

15th c

Village Mosque, Niono, Mali

Sankore Mosque, Timbuktu, Mali, c. 1300 CE

Central Mosque, Mopti, Mali

The Great Mosque at Djenné

1906-7, designed by Ismaila Traoré

Horse and Rider

Middle Niger Civilization, Mali, 12th-16th c.

Terracotta

Equestrian

Figure

Middle Niger

Civilization, Mali

12th-15th c.

Terracotta

Statuette

Jenne-Jeno

Once-known

female artist?

c. 1150

Terracotta

Seated Couple

Middle Niger Civilization, Once-known female artist?

(Jenne-Jeno) Mali

12th-14th c.

Terracotta

Kneeling Female Figure

with Crossed Arms

Middle Niger Civilization

Once-known female artist?

(Jenne-Jeno) Mali

12th-14th c.

Terracotta

Kneeling Dignitary

Middle Niger Civilization, Once-known female

artist?

(Jenne-Jeno) Mali

12th-14th c., Terracotta

Seated Male Figure with Long Hair

Middle Niger Civilization, Once-known female artist?

(Jenne-Jeno) Mali

12th-14th c., Terracotta

Seated Male Figure with

Large Ears

Middle Niger Civilization

Once-known female artist?

(Jenne-Jeno) Mali

12th-14th c., Terracotta

Kneeling Pyramidal Figure with Hands on

Abdomen

Middle Niger Civilization, Once-known female artist?

Jenne-Jeno, Mali

12th – 14th c.

Kneeling Pyramidal Figure with Hands on Knees

Once-known female artist?

Middle Niger Civilization, Jenne-Jeno, Mali

12th – 14th c.

Reclining Androgynous Figure

Middle Niger Civilization, Once-known female artist?

Jenne-Jeno, Mali

12th – 14th c., Terracotta

Ornamental Amulet:

Head with Raised Arms

Middle Niger Civilization, Mali, 9th – 14th c.,

Copper and Brass

“White” (kanjida) Bogolanfini woman’s wrapper (tafé)

By Gneli Traoré, Beledougou Region, 1969

“Red” (basiae) Bogolanfini with the Basiae Pattern

By an artist in the town of Merkoya

1900-1930

“Red” bogolanfini with the N’gale pattern

Unknown Bamana Artist, late 20th c.

Made on commission

Hunter’s Tunic & Hat

Possibly Bamana, 19th - 20th c.

Cotton, plant fiber, leather, rawhide, teeth, bone, horn, turtle shells, hair or fur,

hooves, quills, mirror, wood, shell, and copper

Princeton University Museum of Art

Hunter’s Tunic & Hat

Mande artist, 20th c., before 1960

MFA, Boston

Personal Stool

Akan, Asante sub-group

20th c., wood

The Golden Stool (ceremonial)

Akan, Asante sub-group

wood and gold, late 17th c / early 20th c.

Ceremonial Stool (of Asantehene Kofi Kakari?), c. 1870

Akan, Asante sub-group

wood and silver

Kente Cloth Wrapper (detail)

Akan, Asante sub-group, 20th c.

Kente Wrapper (detail), “Gold Dust” Pattern

Akan, Asante sub-group, 20th c.

Linguist Staff with Figures, Ananse, and Spider Web

wood, gold foil

Akan (Asante), 19th - early 20th c.

Linguist Staff with Hen and Eggs

wood, gold foil

Akan, Asante sub-group

late 19th – early 20th c.