AFRICA BEFORE 1800CHAPTER 13

IDENTIFY CULTURE AND TITLE

IDENTIFY CULTURE AND TITLE

IDENTIFY CULTURE AND TITLE

Benin, Nigeria, 1735CE

Brass 1’ 5.5”

• Symmetrical hierarchy• Jaguars• Head• Necklace• Igue

ALTAR TO THE HAND (IKEGOBO)

Nigeria, 12th Cent., Zinc-Brass, 1’ 6.5”

• Naturalistic torso• Head is largely

disproportionate• Beads once as a crown• Hands• “lifelike but idealized”

KING, FROM ITA YEMOO

Mali, 13th cent, terracotta, 2.375’

• Thin, tall, tubular arms• Conventions of Djenne?

ARCHER, FROM DJENNE

Soapstone, 15th cent., Great Zimbabwe, 1’2”

CROCODILE MONOLITH

Master of the symbolic execution

Sapi-Portuguese, ivory, 1’5”

Great comination of European and African Art. How?

SALTCELLAR

saltcellar