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African artworks
afrrican artworks
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Nail Figure | Kongo Culture |
| Nail Figure | 1875/1900 |
| Nail Figure | Wood with screws, nails blades, cowrie shell, and other materials |
| Stone Age Petroglyphs | Nambia |
| Stone Age Petroglyphs | c. 4000 BCE - c.1 CE |
| Lydenburg Head | South Africa |
| Lydenburg Head | c. 500 CE |
| Lydenburg Head | Inverted vessel |
| Great Zimbabwe | Shona |
| Great Zimbabwe | Masvingo Province |
| Great Zimbabwe | 11th - 15th centuries |
| Kissar | Nubia, Sudan |
| Kissar | Late 19th century |
| Kissar | Lyre |
| Kissar | Wood, skin, glass beads, cowrie shells, coins, gut, and iron |
| The great Bieri head | sculptural element from a reliquary ensemble |
| The great Bieri head | Fang people, Betsie group, Gabon |
| The great Bieri head | 19th - early 20th centuries |
| The great Bieri head | Wood, metal, palm oil |
| Pwo mask | Chokwe people, Angola |
| Pwo mask | 19th - early 20th centuries |
| Pwo mask | Wood, fiber, brass, pigment |
| Pwo mask | female |
| Finial of a Royal Scepter | Yombe People |
| Finial of a Royal Scepter | Kongo or Zaire |
| Finial of a Royal Scepter | 19th century |
| Finial of a Royal Scepter | Elephant ivory |
| Nok Sculpture | Nigeria |
| Nok Sculpture | 1st century BCE - 1st Century CE |
| Nok Sculpture | Terracotta |
| Brass Head | Yoruba |
| Brass Head | Ife, Nigeria |
| Brass Head | 12th - 14th centuries |
| Brass Head | Brass |
| Plaque | Edo peoples |
| Plaque | Nigeria, Benin Kingdom Court style |
| Plaque | mi 16th - 17th centuries |
| Plaque | Copper Alloy |
| Kente Cloth | Ashanti |
| Kente Cloth | Ghana |
| Kente Cloth | 20th century |
| Felix in Exile | William Kentridge |
| Felix in Exile | South Africa |
| Felix in Exile | 1993-94 |
| Felix in Exile | Color video, transferred from 35 mm film |
| Spirit of Sisterhood | Aida Muluneh |
| Spirit of Sisterhood | Ethiopia |
| Spirit of Sisterhood | 2000 |
| Spirit of Sisterhood | Cibachrome Print |
| Coffin | Workshop of Paa Willie |
| Coffin | Ghana |
| Coffin | 2000 |
| Coffin | wood, gold metal ornament, "RIP 2000", white silk, glass |
| Between Earth and Heaven | El Anatsui |
| Between Earth and Heaven | Ghana, based in Nigeria |
| Between Earth and Heaven | 2006 |
| Between Earth and Heaven | Aluminum, copper Wire |