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Southeastern Zimbabwe. Shona peoples. c. 1000–1400 C.E. Coursed granite blocks.
Mali. Founded c. 1200 C.E.; rebuilt 1906–1907. Adobe.
Edo peoples, Benin (Nigeria). 16th century C.E. Cast brass.
Ashanti peoples (south central Ghana). c. 1700 C.E. Gold over wood and cast-gold attachments.
Kuba peoples (Democratic Republic of the Congo). c. 1760–1780 C.E. Wood. Brooklyn Museum.
Kongo peoples (Democratic Republic of the Congo). c. late 19th century C.E. Wood and metal.
Chokwe peoples (Democratic Republic of the Congo). Late 19th to early 20th century C.E. Wood, fiber, pigment, and metal.
Baule peoples (Côte d’Ivoire). Late 19th to early 20th century C.E. Wood and pigment. (2 images)
Sande Society, Mende peoples (West African forests of Sierra Leone and Liberia). 19th to 20th century C.E. Wood, cloth, and fiber.
Igbo peoples (Nigeria). c. 19th to 20th century C.E. Wood.
Mbudye Society, Luba peoples (Democratic Republic of the Congo). c. 19th to 20th century C.E. Wood, beads, and metal.
Bamileke (Cameroon, western grassfields region). c. 19th to 20th century C.E. Wood, woven raffia, cloth, and beads. (2 images)
Fang peoples (southern Cameroon). c. 19th to 20th century C.E. Wood.
Olowe of Ise (Yoruba peoples). c. 1910-1914 C.E. Wood and pigment.
Ambum Valley, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea. C. 1500 BCE. Greywacke.
Lapita. Reef Islands, Solomon Islands. 1000 BCE. Terra cotta (incised).
Pohnpei, Micronesia. Saudeleur Dynasty. c. 700–1600 C.E. Basalt boulders and prismatic columns.
Rapa Nui (Easter Island). c. 1100–1600 C.E. Volcanic tuff figures on basalt base.
Hawaiian. Late 18th century C.E. Feathers and fiber.
Rarotonga, Cook Islands, central Polynesia. Late 18th to early 19th century C.E. Wood, tapa, fiber, and feathers.
Smarthistory/Khan
Nukuoro, Micronesia. c. 18th to 19th century C.E. Wood.
Torres Strait. Mid- to late 19th century C.E. Turtle shell, wood, fiber, feathers, and shell.
Niue. c. 1850–1900 C.E. Tapa or bark cloth, freehand painting.
Gottfried Lindauer. 1890 C.E. Oil on canvas.
Marshall Islands, Micronesia. 19th to early 20th century C.E. Wood and fiber.
New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea. c. 20th century C.E. Wood, pigment, fiber, and shell.
Fiji, Polynesia. 1953 CE. Multimedia performance (costume; cosmetics, including scent; chant; movement; and pandanus fiber/hibiscus fiber mats), photographic documentation.