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Name: Conical tower and circular wall of Great Zimbabwe.
Location: Southeastern Zimbabwe
Peoples: Shona
Date: c. 1000-1400 CE.
Materials: Coursed granite blocks
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Name: Great Mosque of Djenné
Location: Mali
Date: Founded c. 1200 CE., rebuilt 1906-1907 CE
Materials: Adobe
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Name: Wall plaque, from Oba’s palace
Location: Kingdom of Benin (Nigeria)
Peoples: Edo
Date: 16th century CE.
Materials: Cast Brass
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Name: Sika dwa kofi (Golden Stool)*
Location: South-Central Ghana
Peoples: Ashanti
Date: c. 1700 CE
Materials: Gold over wood and cast-gold attachments.
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Name: Ndop (portrait figure) of King Mishe miShyaang maMbul
Location: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Peoples: Kuba
Date: c. 1760-1780 CE.
Materials: Wood
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Name: Power figure (Nkisi n’kondi)
Location: Democratic Republic of the congo
Peoples: Kongo
Date: c. late 19th century CE.
Materials: Wood and metal
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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.
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Name: Portrait mask (Mblo)
Location: Côte d’Ivoire
Peoples: Baule
Date: Early 20th century CE.
Materials: Wood and pigment
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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
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Name: Ikenga (shrine figure)
Location: Nigeria
Peoples: Igbo
Date: c. 19th to 20th century CE.
Materials: Wood
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Name: Lukasa (memory board)
Location: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Peoples: Luba
Date: c. 19th to 20th century CE.
Materials: Wood, beads, and metal
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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
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Name: Reliquary figure (byeri)
Location: southern Cameroon
Peoples: Fang
Date: c. 19th to 20th century CE.
Materials: Wood
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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