Exam 5 African Art

Question 1

Answer 1

Primordial Couple

16th–19th century

Dogon

Question 2

Answer 2

Standing Man

16th–20th century

Mali

Dogon peoples

Wood, Patina (mixture of )

Question 3

Dogon Key Aesthetic Concepts

Answer 3

• Stylized
• Angular
• Reduced to the essentials
• Generally elongated
• Simplified to the essentials
• Often geometricize

Question 4

Answer 4

Shango Dance Wand (Oshe Shango)

Yoruba

late 19th-century

Wood and pigment

Question 5

Answer 5

Ibeji Twin figure

Yoruba

Wood, glass beads, pigment

Late 19th-early 20th century

Question 6

Answer 6

Olowe of Ise, Door from Palace

Yoruba

1910-14

Wood and pigment

Question 7

Answer 7

Head with Crown

Yoruba, Ife

14th-early 15th century C.E.

Copper alloy

Question 8

Answer 8

Head

Yoruba, Ife

12-15th centuries

Terracotta

Question 9

Ife Key Aesthetic Concepts

Answer 9

• Naturalistic
• Idealized
• Serene

Question 10

Answer 10

Head of an Oba

16th century (ca. 1550)

Nigeria

Edo peoples; court of Benin

Brass

Question 11

Answer 11

Head of an Oba (King)

19th century

Nigeria

Edo peoples, court of Benin Brass

Iron

Question 12

Answer 12

Pendant Mask

16th century Nigeria

Court of Benin

Ivory, iron, copper

Shows the Queen Mother Idia, mother of Oba Esigie, who ruled Benin in the 16th century

Question 13

Benin Key Aesthetic Concepts

Answer 13

• Stylized
• Idealized
• Increasingly Ornate

Question 14

Answer 14

Throne of King Nsa’ngu

Cameroon

Late 19th century

Wood, glass beads, and cowrie shells

Question 15

Answer 15

Antelope Headdresses (Ci Wara)

19th-early 20th century

Mali, Bamana Peoples

Wood, metal bands, thread

Question 16

Answer 16

Seated Woman

Gabon, Fang Peoples

19th-early 20th century

Wood, metal

Question 17

Answer 17

Power Figure (Nkisi)

Kongo (Congo)

collected in 1905

Wood, metal, glass, and mixed media

Question 18

Answer 18

Power Figure (Nkisi)

second half of 19th century

Democratic Republic of Congo, Kongo Peoples

Wood, metal, resin, enamel