Unit 3: Tribal Worlds (Africa)

Conical Tower and Circular Wall of Great Zimbabwe. Southeastern Zimbabwe. Shona peoples. 1000-1400. Course granite blocks.

Power Figure (Nkisi n’Kondi). Congo peoples (DRC). Late 19th century. Wood and metal.

Female (Pwo) Mask. Chokwe peoples (DRC). Late 19th to early 20th century. Wood, fiber, pigment, metal.

Reliquary Figure (Byeri). Fang peoples (Southern Cameroon). 19th to 20th century. Wood.

Aka Elephant Mask. Bamileke (Cameroon). 19th to 20th century. Wood, woven raffia, cloth, and beads.

Ndop (portrait figure) of King Mishe. Kuba peoples (DRC). 1760-1780. Wood.

Golden Stool (Sika Dwa Kefi). Ashanti peoples (South Central Ghana). 1700. Gold over wood and cast-gold attachments.

Ikenga (shrine figure). Ibo peoples (Nigeria). 19th and 20th century. Wood.

Wall Plaque from Oba Palace. Edo peoples, Benin (Nigeria). 16th century. Cast brass.

Lukasa (memory board). Mbudye Society, Luba peoples (DRC). 19th to 20th century. Wood, beads, and metal.

Veranda Post: Equestrian Figure and Female Caryatid. Olowe of Ise (Yoruba peoples). 1938. Wood and pigment.

Portrait Mask (Mblo). Baule peoples (Cote d’Ivoire). Late 19th to early 20th century. Wood and pigment. Owie Kimou.

Bundu Mask. Sande Society, Mende peoples (West African forests of Sierra Leone and Liberia). 19th to 20th century. Wood, cloth, and fiber.