By: Julianna Palomba

AFRICAN

8000BC- 1600AD

STORAGE JAR 2000-1600 BC

Made in SudanRed and black

ware (pottery)Handmade,

smoothed but not polished

The rim and interior are blackened

Notice the directions of the lines on the rim

Below the rim are two rows of diamonds

DRINKING CUP 1900-1550 BC

Polished black ware with decoration filled with white pigment

Handmade, smoothed inside with fingers and the outer surface was burnished with a smooth pebble

Designs are enhanced with white pigments

The rim is impressed with triangles

Made in Sudan

STATUETTE OF A WOMEN 610-595 BC

9 ½ inches tallNote: elongated

body, naked, slight smile, bobbed wig

Cast in solid silverWig and jewelry

were made separately

Silver statuette’s are extremely rare

Most likely dedicated in a temple or placed in the tomb of a member of the royal family

Made in Egypt

MOSAIC WITH A PEACOCK AND FLOWERS 1-500 AD

Most likely part of a larger floor mosaic

The peacock was often used to represent paradise

The lighter tiles in the background help the peacock and flowers stand out.

The different color tiles in the peacock show the wing and possibly represent the layers of it’s feathers.

Made in Western North Africa

GIRDLE 1000-1400 AD

Made in Western and Central Sudan

This particular piece was founded in a cave within the Bandiagara Escarpment

“Modest skirt”- females wore this low at the hips held in place with a fiber cord

Oldest of it’s type to survive the hot climates of Africa

Consisted of three interconnected layers and constructed using plating and twining techniques

Researchers believe it came from the inner bark of a baobab tree

QUEEN MOTHER PENDANT MASK: IYOBA

1400-1600 AD

Worn by the King on ceremonial occasions

Created by the exclusive guild of royal ivory carvers for the king

The hollowed back suggests that it was both a pendant and a receptacle (container), possibly containing medicine.

Made in Guinea Coast