Slide Images Flashcards
Title: Great Mosque of Djenne
Culture: Mande
Location: Mali
Date: 13th c. rebuilt in 1909
Medium: adobe
Title: Mosque-Mausoleum of Askia Mohammed
Culture: Songhay
Location: Mali
Date: 16th century, rebuilt 19th century
Medium: Adobe
Title: Ijele Mask
Culture: Igbo
Location: Nigeria
Medium: wood and appliquéd cloth
Date: 1970s
Title: Mami Wata Shrine
Culture: Igbo
Location: Nigeria
Material: Painted wood, clay, household goods
Date: Photographed 1978
Title: Crucifix
Culture: Kongo
Location: Republic of Congo
Material: Copper
Date: before 1987
Title: Pfemba figure
Culture: Yombe
Location: Republic of Congo
Material: Wood
Date: 19th century
Title: Niombo funerary mannequin
Culture: Bwende
Location: Republic of Congo
Material: Raffia cloth, dye, preserved human remains
Date: c. 1938
Title: Nkisi Nkondi figure
Culture: Kongo
Location: Republic of Congo
Material: Wood, metal, rope, powerful materials
Date: early 20th century
Title: Kozo (two-headed dog) figure
Culture: Kongo
Location: DRC
Material: Wood, metal, powerful materials
Date: 19th century
Title: King Kot a Mbweeky in his royal attire
Culture: Kuba
Location: DRC
Material: Royal regalia including cowries, feathers, animal pelts, leopard claws, etc.
Date: 1971
Title: Royal ndop portrait of King Shyaam
Culture: Kuba
Location: DRC
Material: wood
Date: 18th c.
Title: Gindongo (gi)tshi
Artist: Gambetshi Kivule
Culture: Pende
Medium: Masquerade
Date: 1989
Title: Mamba Muntu
Artist: Kabuika
Acrylic on Canvas
Location: DRC (then Zaire)
Date: 1970s
Title: Lumumba Makes His Famous Speech
Artist: Tshibumba Kanda Matulu
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Location: DRC (then Zaire)
Date: 1972-74
Title: Tange (Prow Ornament)
Culture: Duala
Location: Cameroon
Medium: Carved wood and enamel
Date: Before 1910
Title: Throne of King Nsa’Ngu
Kingdom: Bamum
Location: Cameroon
Medium: Wood, glass beads and cowries
Date: Late 19th Century
Title: Ndop textile depicting the Bamum palace and grounds
Medium: Indigo dyed cotton
Date: 20th century
Kingdom: Bamum
Location: Cameroon
Title: Kuosi society elephant masks
Medium: Indigo dyed cotton
Date: 1985
Kingdom: Bamileke
Location: Cameroon
Title: King Njoya and his surrogate displaying his costume for the Nja festival
Kingdom: Bamum
Location: Cameroon
Medium: Photograph;
costume: Ndop cloth, beads, pelts, shells
Date: 1908
Title: Nlo Bieri Head
(Great Bieri)
Culture: Fang
Location: Gabon
Material: Wood, metal, palm oil
Date: 19th-20th century
Mbulu Ngulu, (Reliquary figure)
Culture: Kota
Location: Gabon
Materials: Wood, Brass and Copper
19th-20th centuries
Title: Mukudj Mask
Culture: Punu
Location: Gabon
Material: wood and pigments
19th-20th Century
Title: Effrigi fan displaying
nsbidi signs
Culture: Ejagham
Location: Nigeria
Medium: painted wood
before 1950
Title: Ngbe Society Emblem
Culture: Ejagham
Location: Nigeria
Material: wood, bone, fiber,
hide, metal, and cloth
Date: early/mid-20th century
Title: Crest mask
Culture: Ejagham
Location: Nigeria
Material: Wood, antelope skin,
pigment
Date: late 19th-early 20th century
Title: BMW Art Car
Artist: Esther Mahlangu Medium: Enamel on BMWDate: 1991
Culture: Ndebele
Title: Love Letter Pins
Culture: Thembu
Medium: Beadwork
Date: 1952-66
Location: South Africa
Artist: David Goldblatt
Title: A child gives the salute of the banned African National Congress at the graves of four assassinated black community leaders, Eastern Cape Town.
Medium: Photograph
Date: 1985
Location: South Africa
Artist: Gavin Jantjes
Title: South African Colouring Book
Date: 1974-75
Medium: Series of Photocollages
Location: South Africa
Artist: Jane Alexander
Title: Butcher Boys
Medium: Mixed Media
Date: 1985-6
Location: South Africa
Artist: Berni Searle
Title: two photographs from the Colour Me series
Medium: Photography
Date: 1998
Location: South Africa
Artist: Seydou Keita
Title: Untitled
Medium: Photograph
Date: 1958
Location: Mali
Artist: Malick Sidibe
Title: Untitled
Medium: Photograph
Date: 1960s
Location: Mali
Artist: Rotimi Fani-Kayode
Title: Twins
Medium: Black & white photograph
Date: 1988
Location: Nigeria & London
Artist: Samuel Fosso
Title: The Chief: The One Who
Sold Africa to the Colonials
Medium: Photograph
Date: 1997
Location: Nigeria
Artist: Zineb Sedira
Title: Quatre Générations des Femmes (Four Generations of Women)
Medium: Installation
Date: 1997
Location: France
Artist: Bodys Isek Kingelez
Title: Ville Fantome
Medium: Wood, paper, plastic, found materials
Date: 1996
Location: DRC
Artist: El Anatsui
Title: Society Woman’s Cloth
Medium: Aluminum and
copper wire
Date:2006
Location: Ghana & Nigeria
Artist: Yinka Shonibare
Title: Scramble for Africa
Medium: Installation
Date: 2000
Location: London/Nigeria
Artist: Nick Cave
Title: Soundsuit
Medium: Mixed media
Date: 2010
Location: USA
Artist: Willie Cole
Title: Pacific Tyi Wara
Medium: Bicycle Parts
Date: 2002
Location: USA
