AFRICA

Conical tower and circular wall of Great Zimbabwe. Southeastern Zimbabwe. Shona peoples. c. 1000–1400 C.E.

Coursed granite blocks, 1,780 acres.

-Conical tower. height of tower 30’.

-Circular wall

Great Mosque of Djenné. Mali. Founded c. 1200 C.E.;

rebuilt 1906–1907.

Adobe, above marketplace, central tower approx.

all plaque, from Oba’s Palace. Edo peoples, Benin (Nigeria).

16th century C.E.

Cast brass

-Contextual photograph: Oba of Benin, Oba Akenzua II

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Sika dwa kofi (Golden Stool). Ashanti peoples (Ghana).

c. 1700 C.E.

Gold over wood and cast-gold attachments, curved seat 18” high, platform

Ndop (portrait figure) of King Mishe miShyaang maMbul.

Kuba peoples (Democratic Republic of the Congo).

c. 1760–1780 C.E.

Wood

Power Figure (Nkisi Nkondi)

Kongo peoples (Democratic Republic of the Congo),

c. late 19^th Century C.E.

Wood and Metal

Portrait mask (Mblo). Baule peoples (Côte d’Ivoire).

Late 19th to early 20th century C.E. Wood and pigment,

. Female (Pwo) mask.

Chokwe peoples

(Democratic Republic of the Congo).

Late 19th to early 20th century C.E. Wood, fiber, pigment, and metal,

. Bundu mask.

Sande Society, Mende peoples

(Sierra Leone and Liberia).

19th to 20th century C.E.

Wood, cloth, and fiber.

. Ikenga (shrine figure).

Igbo peoples (Nigeria).

c. 19th to 20th century C.E.

Wood. Similar figure

Lukasa (memory board). Mbudye Society, Luba peoples (Democratic Republic of the Congo). c. 19th to 20th century C.E.

Wood, beads, and metal.

Similar board

Aka elephant mask.

Bamileke (Cameroon)

c. 19th to 20th century C.E.

Wood, woven raffia, cloth, and beads

Reliquary figure (nlo bieri).

Fang peoples (southern Cameroon).

c. 19th to 20th century C.E.

Wood

Veranda post of enthroned king and senior wife.

Olowe of Ise (Yoruba peoples).

c. 1910-1914 C.E.

Wood and pigment,