Unit 6 - Africa/Pacific Island Art

Conical Tower and Circular Wall of Great Zimbabwe

1000-1400 CE; Southeastern Zimbabwe, Shona Peoples; Coursed granite blocks

Great Mosque of Djenne

1200 (rebuilt 1907-08); Mali, West Africa; Adobe mud brick

Wall Plaque from Oba’s Palace

16th century; Benin, Nigeria, Edo peoples; Cast brass

Sika Dwa Kofi (Golden Stool)

1700; Ashanti peoples (South central Ghana); Gold over wood, cast gold attachments

Ndop (portrait figure) of King Mishe

1760-80; Kuba peoples (Democratic Republic of the Congo); wood

Nkisi n’Kondi (power figure)

Late 19th century; Kongo peoples (DRC); wood + metal

Female (Pwo) Mask

Late 19th-Early 20th Century; Chokwe people (DRC); wood, fiber, pigment, metal

Lukasa (memory board)

19th-20th century; Mbudye society, Luba people (DRC); wood, beads, metal

Portrait Mask (Mblo)

1913 (Late 19th-early 20th); Baule peoples, Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast); wood + pigment

Bundu Mask

19th-20th century; Sande society, Mende people; wood, cloth, fiber

Ikenga (Shrine figure)

19th-20th century; Igbo peoples (Nigeria); wood

Aka Elephant Mask

19th-20th century; Bamileke (Cameroon, Western grassfields); wood, woven raffia, cloth, beads

Reliquary Figure (nlo bieri)

19th-20th century; Fang peoples (Southern Cameroon); wood

Veranda Post of Enthroned King and Senior Wife (Opo Ogoga)

1910-1914; Olowe of Ise, Yoruba peoples, Nigeria; wood

Nan Madol (city)

700-1600; Pohnpei, Micronesia; Basalt boulders and prismatic columns

Moai on Platform (ahu)

1100-1600; Rapa Nui (Easter Island); Volcanic tuff figures on basalt bases

‘Ahu ‘Ula (feather capes)

Late 18th century; Hawaiin; feathers and fiber

Staff God

Late 18th-Early 19th century; Rarotonga, Cook Islands; wood, tapa, fiber, feathers

Female Diety

18th-19th century; Nukuoro, Micronesia; wood

Buk (mask)

18th-19th century; Torres Strait; turtle shell, wood, fiber, feathers, shell

Hiapo (tapa)

1850-1900; Niue; Bark cloth with freehand painting

Tamati Waka Nene

1890; Gottfried Lindauer; Oil on canvas

Navigation Chart

19th-20th century; Marshall Islands, Micronesia; wood and fiber

Malagan Display and Mask

20th century; New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea; wood, pigment, fiber, shell

Processional Welcoming Queen Elizabeth II to Tonga with Ngatu Launima (tapa cloth)

1953; Tonga, Central Polynesia; Multimedia performance (costumes, cosmetics including scent, chant, movement, pandanusfibr/hibiscus fiber mats), photographic documentation