Africa Vocab

Question 1

Bas-relief

Answer 1

low relief

Question 2

Cire perdue

Answer 2

French for lost wax casting

Question 3

Course

Answer 3

horizontal layer of stone used in building

Question 4

Dressed Stone

Answer 4

highly finished, precisely cut block of stone

Question 5

Fetish

Answer 5

inanimate object worshipped for its magical powers or because it is inhabited by a spirit

Question 6

Finial

Answer 6

knoblike architectural decoration usually found at the top point of a spire, pinnacle, canopy, or gable

Question 7

Kente

Answer 7

Ashanti woven textiles

Question 8

Oba

Answer 8

ruler or king

Question 9

Scarification

Answer 9

decorations made by scarring

Question 10

Terracotta

Answer 10

medium made from clay fired over a low heat and sometimes left unglazed

Question 11

Warp

Answer 11

vertical threads in a weaver’s loom. Warp threads make up a fixed framework that provides the structure for the entire piece of cloth.

Question 12

Weft

Answer 12

The horizontal threads in a woven piece of cloth. Weft threads are woven at right angles and through the warp threads to make up the bulk of the decorative pattern.