U6: Africa, 1100-1980 C.E. ID

Conical Tower and Circular Wall of Great Zimbabwe

Culture: Shona

Date: 1000-1400 CE

Medium: Coursed granite blocks

Location: Southeastern Zimbabwe

The Great Mosque of Djenne, Mali

Culture: Mali

Date: 1206-1900 CE

Medium: Adobe mud brick

Location: Djenne, Mali

Wall Plaque of Oba's Palace

Culture: Benin Edo People

Date: 16th-17th century

Medium: Cast brass and bronze

Location: Benin City, Edo, Nigeria (South/Mid Western Nigeria)

The Golden Stool

Culture: Ashanti

Date: 1700 CE

Medium: Wood covered with gold and cast-gold attachments

Location: Southern Central Ghana

Ndop (portrait figure)

Culture: Kuba

Date: 1700 CE

Medium: Wood

Location: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Power Figure

Culture: Kongo

Date: Late 1800s CE

Medium: Wood and metal

Location: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Mblo Mask

Culture: Baule (Ivory Coast)

Date: Early 1900s

Medium: Wood and pigment

Location: Cote d'Ivoire

Bundu Mask

Culture: Mende

Date: 1900s CE

Medium: Wood, cloth, and fiber

Location: West African forests of Sierra Leone and Liberia

Byeri Reliquary figure

Culture: Fang

Date: 1900s

Medium: Wood

Location: Southern Cameroon

Ikenga Shrine Figure

Culture: Igbo

Date: 1900s CE

Medium: wood

Location: Nigeria

Lukasa memory board

Culture: Luba

Date: 19th-20th century

Medium: wood, beads, metal, shells

Location: Democratic Republic of the Congo; Mbudye Society

Female Pwo Mask

Culture: Chokwe

Date: early 1900s CE

Medium: wood, fiber, pigment, metal

Location: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa

Aka Elephant Mask

Culture: Bamileke

Date: 1900s CE

Medium: wood, woven raffia, cloth, beads, shells

Location: Cameroon, western grass fields region

Veranda Post of Enthroned King and senior wife

Culture: Yoruba

Date: 1910-1914

Medium: wood and pigment

Location: Ekiti region, Nigeria