Arts of Africa from the Sixteenth Century to the Present

Question 1

Ndop Portrait of King Mishe Mishyaang Mambal

Answer 1

Kuba
C. 1760 - 80
Brooklyn Museum, New York
The interlocking diamond patterns on the nyim’s sleeping house are also found on the base of this wooden commemorative portrait, called an ndop—a Kuba word meaning “portrait statue.”

Question 2

Nkisi Nkondi

Answer 2

19th century
Christians were terrified of this object as they saw that they were demonic
The type of object that were used by chiefs to help administer conflicts between two parties, played a role in decision making
Wood, nails, raffia, organic material, and pigment
The Field Museum, Chicago