Non-Western: Africa Flashcards

Dancers In Ceremonial Attire,
Section of rock-wall painting,
Tassili-n-Ajjer, Algeria.
c. 5000-2000 BCE.

Head, Nok, Nigeria.
c. 500 BCE-200 CE.
Terra cotta, height 14-3/16“

Crowned Head of a Yoruba Ruler,
From Ife, Nigeria.
Yoruba,
12th-15th century CE.
Zinc brass, height 9-7/16“

Hip Pendant Representing An Iyoba (“Queen Mother”),
Benin City, Nigeria.
Middle Period,
c. 1550 CE.
Ivory, iron, and copper, height 9-3/8“

Horseman,
Old Jenné, Mali.
13th-15th century CE.
Terra cotta, height 27-3/4“

Great Friday Mosque,
Jenné, Mali.
Showing the eastern and northern façades.
Rebuilding of 1907, in the style of 13th-century original.

Conical Tower, Great Enclosure
Great Zimbabwe Shona, Zimbabwe.
c. 1350-1450 CE.
Stone, height of tower 30’

Bet Giorgis (Church Of St. George),
Lalibela, Ethiopia.
13th century.
Volcanic rock.

Crucifix, Kongo.
Early 17th century CE.
Bronze, height 10-1/2“

Twin Figures (Ere Ibeji)
Nigeria.
Yoruba culture,
20th century.
Wood, height 7-7/8“

Five Masks In Performance,
Dossi, Burkina Faso.
Bwa culture,
1984.,
Wood, mineral pigments, and fiber, height approx. 7’

Spirit Spouse (Blolo Bla),
Ivory Coast.
Baule culture,
early-mid 20th century.
Wood, glass beads, gold hollow beads, plant fiber, white pigment, encrustation,
height 19-1/4“

Kanaga And Rabbit Masquerade Figures At Dama, Mali.
Dogon culture,
1959.

Seydou Keïta
UNTITLED
1952-1955.

Julie Mehretu,
Dispersion,
2002.
Ink and acrylic on canvas, 90” × 144”

Yinka Shonibare,
How to Blow up Two Heads at Once (Ladies),
2006.