Content Area Six

Describe

Name: Conical tower and circular wall of Great Zimbabwe.

Location: Southeastern Zimbabwe

Peoples: Shona

Date: c. 1000-1400 CE.

Materials: Coursed granite blocks

Describe

Name: Great Mosque of Djenné

Location: Mali

Date: Founded c. 1200 CE., rebuilt 1906-1907 CE

Materials: Adobe

Describe

Name: Wall plaque, from Oba’s palace

Location: Kingdom of Benin (Nigeria)

Peoples: Edo

Date: 16th century CE.

Materials: Cast Brass

Describe

Name: Sika dwa kofi (Golden Stool)\*

Location: South-Central Ghana

Peoples: Ashanti

Date: c. 1700 CE

Materials: Gold over wood and cast-gold attachments.

Describe

Name: Ndop (portrait figure) of King Mishe miShyaang maMbul

Location: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Peoples: Kuba

Date: c. 1760-1780 CE.

Materials: Wood

Describe

Name: Power figure (*Nkisi n’kondi)*

Location: Democratic Republic of the congo

Peoples: Kongo

Date: c. late 19th century CE.

Materials: Wood and metal

Describe

Name: Female (*Pwo)* mask

Location: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Peoples: Chokwe

Date: Late 19th to early 20th century CE.

Materials: Wood, fiber, pigment, and metal.

Describe

Name: Portrait mask (*Mblo)*

Location: Côte d’Ivoire

Peoples: Baule

Date: Early 20th century CE.

Materials: Wood and pigment

Describe

Name*: Bundu* Mask

Location: West African forests of Sierra Leone and Liberia

Peoples: Mende

Date: 19th to 20th century CE

Materials: Wood, cloth, and fiber

Describe

Name: Ikenga (shrine figure)

Location: Nigeria

Peoples: Igbo

Date: c. 19th to 20th century CE.

Materials: Wood

Describe

Name: Lukasa (memory board)

Location: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Peoples: Luba

Date: c. 19th to 20th century CE.

Materials: Wood, beads, and metal

Describe

Name: Aka elephant mask

Location: Cameroon, western grassfields region

Peoples: Bamileke

Date: c. 19th to 20th century CE.

Materials: Wood, woven raffia, cloth, and beads

Describe

Name: Reliquary figure (*byeri*)

Location: southern Cameroon

Peoples: Fang

Date: c. 19th to 20th century CE.

Materials: Wood

Describe

Name: Veranda post of enthroned king and senior wife (*Opo Ogoga*)

Creator: Olowe of Ise

Location: Nigeria

Peoples: Yoruba

Date: c. 1910-1914 CE.

Materials: Wood and pigment