Key Work of Art or Architecture
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Related Content for Contextual Understanding
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167. Great Zimbabwe, Shona (c 1000 to 1400 CE) |
Zimbabwe. Great Zimbabwe Conical Tower and Wall. Shona peoples (9) |
Comparison: City of Machu Picchu to Great Zimbabwe (27) |
168. Great Mosque, Djenné (1200 CE) |
Mali. Great Mosque of Djenné (23) |
African Mosques (29) |
169. Benin Wall Plaque, Edo peoples (16th C.) |
Benin (Nigeria). Wall plaques from the Oba’s Palace. Edo peoples (16) |
Benin Royal Altars (27) |
171. Ndop, Kuba peoples (c 1760 to 1780 CE) |
Democratic Republic of the Congo. Ndop Portrait Figures, Kuba peoples (7) |
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Art of the Kuba and Kongo Peoples (24)
Portraiture: Power and Authority (35)
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170. Sika dwa kofi, Ashanti (1700 CE) |
Ghana. Sika dwa kofi (Golden Stool) Ashanti peoples (20) |
Ghana. Ashanti and other Akan Art (26)
Ghana. Kente Cloth of the Ashanti (19)
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172. Power figure (Nkisi n’kondi) Kongo (19c CE) |
Democratic Republic of the Congo. Nkisi n’kondi, Kongo peoples (11) |
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Art of the Kuba and Kongo Peoples (24) |
176. Ikenga, Igbo peoples (19th to 20th c. CE) |
Nigeria. Ikenga (shrine figure) Igbo peoples (8) |
African Art (40) |
177. Lukasa, Mbudye Society, Luba (ea 20th c CE) |
Democratic Republic of the Congo. Lukasa & Other Works of the Luba Peoples (17) |
African Art (40) |
179. Reliquary fig, Fang (19th Century) |
Cameroon. Reliquary Figure (nlo bieri), Fang peoples (23) |
Life Cycles: Death and the Afterlife (22) |
180. Veranda Post, Olowe of Ise (before 1938 CE) |
Olowe of Ise. Veranda Post and Other Works. Yoruba peoples (17) |
African Art (40) |
See Also
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Africa: an Overview (23)
African Art (40)
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