Content Area: 26 African Art

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Title –167. Conical tower and circular wall of Great Zimbabwe

Artist – Shona peoples

Date – c. 1000-1400ce

Medium – coarse granite blocks

Location – Southeastern Zimbabwe

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Title –169. Wall plaque, from Oba’s Palace

Artist – Edo peoples

Date – 16th century

Medium – cast brass

Location – Kingdom of Benin (Nigeria)

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Title –170. Sika dwa kofi (Golden Stool).

Artist – Ashanti peoples

Date – 1700ce

Medium – gold over wood and cast-gold attachments

Location – South Central Ghana

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Title –171. Ndop (portrait figure) of King

Artist – Kuba peoples

Date – 1760-1780ce

Medium – wood

Location – Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Title –172. Power figure (Nkisi n’kondi)

Artist – Kongo people

Date – late 19th century

Medium – wood and metal

Location – Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Title –173. Portrait mask (Mblo)

Artist – Chokwe peoples

Date – late 19th to early 20th century ce

Medium – wood, fiber, pigment, and metal

Location – Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Title –174. Female (Pwo) mask

Artist – Baule peoples

Date – early 20th century

Medium – wood and pigment

Location – Côte d’Ivoire

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Title –175. Bundu mask

Artist – Sande Society, Mende peoples

Date – 19th to 20th century ce

Medium – wood, cloth, and fiber

Location – West African forests of Sierra Leone and Liberia

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Title –176. Ikenga (shrine figure)

Artist – Igbo peoples

Date – 19th to 20th century ce

Medium – wood

Location – Nigeria

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Title –177. Lukasa (memory board)

Artist – Mbudye Society, Luba peoples

Date – 19th to 20th century

Medium – wood, beads, and metal

Location – Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Title –178. Aka elephant mask

Artist –Bamileke

Date – 19th to 20th century ce

Medium – wood, woven raffia, cloth, and beads

Location – Cameroon, western grassfields region

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Title –179. Reliquary figure (byeri)

Artist – Fang peoples

Date – 19th to 20th century ce

Medium – wood

Location – southern Cameroon

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Title –180. Veranda post of enthroned king and senior wife (Opo Ogoga)

Artist – Olowe of Ise (Yoruba peoples)

Date – 1910-1914ce

Medium – wood and pigment

Location – Africa