africa before 1800 chapter 13. identify culture and title
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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