Non-Western: Africa

Question 1

Answer 1

Dancers In Ceremonial Attire,

Section of rock-wall painting,

Tassili-n-Ajjer, Algeria.

c. 5000-2000 BCE.

Question 2

Answer 2

Head, Nok, Nigeria.

c. 500 BCE-200 CE.

Terra cotta, height 14-3/16“

Question 3

Answer 3

Crowned Head of a Yoruba Ruler,

From Ife, Nigeria.

Yoruba,

12th-15th century CE.

Zinc brass, height 9-7/16“

Question 4

Answer 4

Hip Pendant Representing An Iyoba (“Queen Mother”),

Benin City, Nigeria.

Middle Period,

c. 1550 CE.

Ivory, iron, and copper, height 9-3/8“

Question 5

Answer 5

Horseman,

Old Jenné, Mali.

13th-15th century CE.

Terra cotta, height 27-3/4“

Question 6

Answer 6

Great Friday Mosque,

Jenné, Mali.

Showing the eastern and northern façades.

Rebuilding of 1907, in the style of 13th-century original.

Question 7

Answer 7

Conical Tower, Great Enclosure
Great Zimbabwe Shona, Zimbabwe.

c. 1350-1450 CE.

Stone, height of tower 30’

Question 8

Answer 8

Bet Giorgis (Church Of St. George),

Lalibela, Ethiopia.

13th century.

Volcanic rock.

Question 9

Answer 9

Crucifix, Kongo.

Early 17th century CE.

Bronze, height 10-1/2“

Question 10

Answer 10

Twin Figures (Ere Ibeji)

Nigeria.

Yoruba culture,

20th century.

Wood, height 7-7/8“

Question 11

Answer 11

Five Masks In Performance,

Dossi, Burkina Faso.

Bwa culture,

1984.,

Wood, mineral pigments, and fiber, height approx. 7’

Question 12

Answer 12

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“

Question 13

Answer 13

Kanaga And Rabbit Masquerade Figures At Dama, Mali.

Dogon culture,

1959.

Question 14

Answer 14

Seydou Keïta

UNTITLED

1952-1955.

Question 15

Answer 15

Julie Mehretu,

Dispersion,

2002.

Ink and acrylic on canvas, 90” × 144”

Question 16

Answer 16

Yinka Shonibare,

How to Blow up Two Heads at Once (Ladies),

2006.