AFRICA BEFORE 1800 CHAPTER 13. IDENTIFY CULTURE AND TITLE.

AFRICA BEFORE 1800CHAPTER 13

IDENTIFY CULTURE AND TITLE

IDENTIFY CULTURE AND TITLE

IDENTIFY CULTURE AND TITLE

Benin, Nigeria, 1735CE

Brass 1’ 5.5”

• Symmetrical hierarchy• Jaguars• Head• Necklace• Igue

ALTAR TO THE HAND (IKEGOBO)

Nigeria, 12th Cent., Zinc-Brass, 1’ 6.5”

• Naturalistic torso• Head is largely

disproportionate• Beads once as a crown• Hands• “lifelike but idealized”

KING, FROM ITA YEMOO

Mali, 13th cent, terracotta, 2.375’

• Thin, tall, tubular arms• Conventions of Djenne?

ARCHER, FROM DJENNE

Soapstone, 15th cent., Great Zimbabwe, 1’2”

CROCODILE MONOLITH

Master of the symbolic execution

Sapi-Portuguese, ivory, 1’5”

Great comination of European and African Art. How?

SALTCELLAR

saltcellar