APAH AFRICA VOCAB 1

• Aka – an elephant mask of the Bamileke people of Cameroon

• Byeri – a reliquary guardian figure from the art of the Fang people

• Bundu – masks used by the women’s Sande society

• Fetish – an object that is believed to possess magical powers

• Ikenga – a shrine figure symbolizing traditional male attributes of the Igbo people

• Lukasa – a memory board used by the Luba people of central Africa

• Mblo – a commemorative portrait of the Baule people

• Ndop – a Kuba commemorative portrait of a king in an ideal state

• Nkisi n’kondi – a Kongo power figure

• Pwo – a female mask worn by the Chokwe people

Scarification – scarring of the skin in patterns by cutting with a knife; when the cut heals, a raised pattern is created and then painted