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Conical Tower and Circular Wall of Great Zimbabwe, Shona Peoples, southeastern Zimbabwe, 1000-1400 CE Coursed Granite Block.

Conical Tower

Great Mosque of Djenne, Mali, Founded 1200 CE; rebuilt 1906-1907. Adobe (dried mud)

Wall Plaque, from Oba’s Palace, Edo Peoples, Benin, Nigeria, 16th Century CE, Cast Brass

Sika dwi kofi (Golden Stool) Ashanti peoples (south central Ghana) 1700 CE, Gold over wood

Ndop (protrait figure) of King Mishe miShyaang maMbul. Kuba peoples (DRC) 1760-1780 CE. Wood

Power Figure (Nkisi N’kondi) Kongo peoples, DRC. Late 19th century CE, Wood and metal

Female Pwo mask, Chokwe Peoples, (DRC) Late 19th-Early 20th century CE. Wood, fiber, pigment, and metal

Portrait mask (Mblo) Baule Peoples, Ivory Coast (Cote d’Ivoire). Early 20th century CE. Wood and pigment

Sande Sowei mask, sande society, Mende peoples (West African forests of Sierra Leone and Liberia). 19th-20th Century CE wood, cloth, fiber

Ikenga (Shrine Figure) Ibgo Peoples, Nigeria.19th-20th century CE, Wood

Lukasa. Mbduye Society, Luba Peoples (DRC). 19th-20th century CE. Wood, beads and metal

Aka Elephant Mask, Bamileke (Cameroon, western grass field region) 19-20th Century CE, Wood, woven raffia cloth, and beads

Byeri (reliquary figure) Fang peoples (south Cameroon). 19-20th century CE. Wood

Veranda post of enthroned king and senior wife, Olowe of Ise, Yoruba peoples, 1910-1914 CE, wood and pigment