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Early African ArtSouth from the
Sahara
“The continent of Africa is too large to describe. It is a veritable ocean, a
separate planet, a varied, immensely rich cosmos. Only with the greatest simplification, for the sake of convenience, can we say
“Africa”. In reality, except as a geographical appellation, Africa
does not exist.”Ryszard Kaperscinki
15-1 Running woman, rock painting, from Tassili (Inauouanrhat), Algeria, ca. 6000-4000 BCE
Nok Headfrom Rafin Kura, Nigeriaca. 500 BCE - 200 CETerracotta, 1’2’’ highNational Museum, Ligos
Head from Lydenburg,Africa, ca. 500 - 700 CE, terracotta, 15” high by 10” by 10”.
Equestrian figure on fly-whisk hilt
- Lost-wax cast bronze
- Niger
- Tombs
- Power
Mother with Children
● Jenna Terracotta
● Form
● Function
● Content
● Context
● Snake Goddess
Inland Niger Delta, Mali (Western Sudan)
King from Ife
15-6 King, from Ife, Nigeria, 11th to 12th century. Zinc brass.
15-7 Walls and tower, Great Enclosure, Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe, 14th century
15-8 Bird with Crocodile, Stone Monolith, Great Zimbabwe,Zimbabwe15th Century
15-9 Beta Medhane
Alem church, Lalibela, Ethiopia,
14th century
from Benin, Nigeriamid 16th centuryIvory and Iron9 ⅜ inches high
Ivory Belt Mask of a Queen Mother
Master of Symbolic Execution15th-16th century