Midterm Flashcards
Title: Kush Royal Pyramids
Culture: Nubian
Location: Meroe, Sudan
Date: ca. 337 BCE – 339 CE
Medium: Stone
Title: Ornament from the tomb of
Queen Amanishakheto
Culture: Nubian
Location: Sudan
Date: 50–1 BCE
Medium: gold and glass
Title: Funerary monolith
Culture: Aksum
Location: Aksum, Ethiopia
Date: ca. 350 CE
Medium: Stone
Title: Beta Giyorgis
(Church of Saint George)
Culture: Zagwe Dynasty
Location: Lalibela, Ethiopia
Date: 13th Century C.E.
Medium: Cut Rock
Title: Gadl (Account of the Lives of Saints)
Culture: Solomonic empire
Location: Ethiopia
Date:14th c.
Medium: pigment on vellum
Title: Diptych
Artist: Fre Siyon
Location: Ethiopia
Date: 1445–80 CE
Medium: Tempera on wood
Title: Equestrian Figure
Culture: Jenne Style
Location: Ancient Mali
Date: 13th-15th centuries
Medium: Terracotta
Title: Five Figures
Culture: Bankoni Style
Location: Ancient Mali
Date: 13th-15th Centuries
Medium: Terracotta
Title: Ci Wara Dance Crest
Culture: Bamana
Location: Mali
Date: 20th century
Medium: wood
Title: Façade of an adobe house in Jenne
Culture: Mande
Location: Jenne, Mali
Date: After the 16th century
Medium: adobe
Title: Boli Kono Society altar
Culture: Bamana
Location: Mali
Date: 20th century
Medium: Wood encrusted with spiritually
charged materials
Title: Komo Kun Helmet Mask
Culture: Bamana
Location: Mali
Date: 20th century
Medium: wood, horns, porcupine quills, etc.Title: Komo Kun Helmet Mask
Title: Ginna (Hogon’s House)
Culture: Dogon
Location: Bandiagara, Mali
Date: 20th century
Medium: adobe
Title: Bogolan
Culture: Bamana
Location: Mali
Date: 20th century
Medium: Cotton and mud dye
Title: Hunter’s shirt
Culture: Bamana
Location: Mali
Date: 20th century
Medium: cloth, teeth,
horns, leather, amulets
Title: Figure with raised arms
Culture: Dogon
Location: Mali
Date: 16th–early 20th century
Medium: wood and sacrificial materials
Title: Seated Couple,
Culture: Dogon
Location: Mali
Date: 16th-19th century
Medium: Wood and Metal
Title: Kanaga masks at the
Dama masquerade
Culture: Dogon
Location: Mali
Date: 20th century
Medium: Masquerade
Title: Togu na
Culture: Dogon
Location: Mali
Date: 1989
Medium: wood and millet
Title: Ancient Mother figure
Culture: Kulebele sculptor for
Senufo patrons
Location: Burkina Faso
Date: early 20th century
Medium: wood
Title: Pair of rhythm pounders
Culture: Senufo (Kulebele)
Location: Burkina Faso
Date: 20th century
Medium: wood
Title: Gbon mask
in performance
Culture: Senufo
Location: Burkina Faso
Date: 1970
Medium: Masquerade
Title: Do grass mask
Culture: Bwa
Location: Burkina Faso
Date: 1985
Medium: Masquerade
Title:Head of a Queen
Culture: Yoruba
Location: Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Date: 12th-13th centuries Medium: Terracotta
Title: Cylindrical Head
Culture: Yoruba
Location: Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Date: 13th-14th century
Medium: Terracotta
Title: Mask said to represent the Oni Obalufon
Culture: Yoruba
Location: Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Date: 12th-15th centuries
Medium: copper
Title: King Ariwajoye I in his royal regalia
Culture: Yoruba
Location: Nigeria
Date: 1977
Medium: bead and cloth regalia
Title: veranda post at the palace of Ikere
Artist: Olowe of Ise
Location: Nigeria
Date: 1910-14
Medium: Wood
Title: Door from the Ikere Palace
Artist: Olowe of Ise
Location: Nigeria
Date: 1910–14
Medium: wood
Title: Agere Ifa (Divination cup)
Culture: Yoruba
Location: Nigeria or Republic of Benin
Date: before 1912
Medium: wood
Title: Eshu dance staff
Culture: Yoruba
Location: Nigeria
Date: 20th century
Medium: Wood, cowries
Title: Ere Ibeji
(twin figures)
Culture: Yoruba
Location: Nigeria
Date: Early 20th c.
Medium: Wood, cowries
Title: Agoli Agbo,
ex-King of Dahomey
Culture: Fon,
Location: Republic of Benin,
Date: 1950s
Medium: Royal regalia consisting of appliquéd cloth and silver
Title: Lion bocio in honor of King Glele
Culture: Fon
Location: Republic of Benin
Date: 1858–89
Medium: Silver on wood
Title: The Golden Stool
Culture: Asante
Location: Ghana
Date: Late 17th Century Rebuilt after 1921
Medium: Gold on wood
Title: Golden Sword Ornaments
Culture: Akan
Location: Ghana
Date: 19th-20th Century
Medium: Gold on carved wood
Title: Akua ma “Akua’s Children”
Culture: Fante and Asante
Location: Ghana
Date: early 20th century
Medium: wood
Title: Drum depicting Queen Victoria
Culture: Fante
Location: Ghana
Date: ca. 1920
Medium: wood
Title: Linguist’s Staff
Culture: Akan
Location: Ghana
Date: c. 1970
Medium: gilt wood
Title: Mask Depicting Idia,
mother of King Esigie
Kingdom: Benin
Location: Nigeria
Medium: Carved Ivory
Date: c1520
Title: Head of an Oba
Kingdom: Benin
Location: Nigeria
Medium: Cast Brass
Date:1700-1897
Title: Oba Akenzua II in coral
regalia during a palace ceremony
Kingdom: Benin
Location: Nigeria
Medium: Coral bead and Ivory regalia
Date: 1964
Title: Plaque depicting an Oba
Kingdom: Benin
Location: Nigeria
Medium: Brass
Date: 16th – 17th century
Title: Mbari (shrine house) to Ala
Culture: Igbo
Location: Nigeria
Medium: Painted clay (termite mound clay)
Date: c. 1963
Title: Maiden-Spirit Maskers
Culture: Igbo
Location: Nigeria
Material: appliquéd cloth and headdresses
Date: 1960s
