CONICAL TOWER AND CIRCULAR WALL OF GREAT ZIMBABWE. SOUTHEASTERN ZIMBABWE. SHONA PEOPLES. C. 1000–1400 C.E. COURSED GRANITE BLOCKS.
great_zimbabwe.pdfGREAT MOSQUE OF DJENNÉ. MALI. FOUNDED C. 1200 C.E.; REBUILT 1906–1907. ADOBE.
great_mosque_of_djenne.pdfWALL PLAQUE, FROM OBA’S PALACE. EDO PEOPLES, BENIN (NIGERIA). 16TH CENTURY C.E. CAST BRASS.
art_of_benin.pdfSIKA DWA KO (GOLDEN STOOL). ASHANTI PEOPLES (SOUTH CENTRAL GHANA). C. 1700 C.E. GOLD OVER WOOD AND CAST-GOLD ATTACHMENTS.
golden_stool.pdfNDOP (PORTRAIT FIGURE) OF KING MISHE MISHYAANG MAMBUL. KUBA PEOPLES (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO). C. 1760–1780 C.E. WOOD.
kuba_ndop_figure.pdfPOWER FIGURE (NKISI N’KONDI). KONGO PEOPLES (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO). C. LATE 19TH CENTURY C.E. WOOD AND METAL.
kongo_power_figure.pdfFEMALE (PWO) MASK. CHOKWE PEOPLES (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO). LATE 19TH TO EARLY 20TH CENTURY C.E. WOOD, FIBER, PIGMENT, AND METAL.
chokwe_pwo_mask.pdfPORTRAIT MASK (MBLO). BAULE PEOPLES (CÔTE D’IVOIRE). EARLY 20TH CENTURY C.E. WOOD AND PIGMENT.
mblo_mask.pdfBUNDU MASK. SANDE SOCIETY, MENDE PEOPLES (WEST AFRICAN FORESTS OF SIERRA LEONE AND LIBERIA). 19TH TO 20TH CENTURY C.E. WOOD, CLOTH, AND FIBER.
mende_bundu_mask.pdfIKENGA (SHRINE FIGURE). IGBO PEOPLES (NIGERIA). C. 19TH TO 20TH CENTURY C.E. WOOD.
ikenga_figures.pdfLUKASA (MEMORY BOARD). MBUDYE SOCIETY, LUBA PEOPLES (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO). C. 19TH TO 20TH CENTURY C.E. WOOD, BEADS, AND METAL.
lukasa_memory_board.pdfAKA ELEPHANT MASK. BAMILEKE (CAMEROON, WESTERN GRASS FIELDS REGION). C. 19TH TO 20TH CENTURY C.E. WOOD, WOVEN RAFFIA, CLOTH, AND BEADS.
bamileke_elephant_mask.pdfRELIQUARY FIGURE (BYERI). FANG PEOPLES (SOUTHERN CAMEROON). C. 19TH TO 20TH CENTURY C.E. WOOD.
fang_reliquary_figure.pdfVERANDA POST OF ENTHRONED KING AND SENIOR WIFE (OPO OGOGA). OLOWE OF ISE (YORUBA PEOPLES). C. 1910–1914 C.E. WOOD AND PIGMENT.
yoruba_veranda_post.pdf