Arts of Africa
Chapter 18
Ornament from the royal tomb, the pyramid of Queen
Amanishakheto. Kush, Meroitic Period, 50-1, B.C.E.
Gold with glass inlay, H: 2 ½”.
Head, fragment of a
larger figure. Nok,
500 B.C.E.-200 C.E.
Terra Cotta,
H: 14 3/16”.
The Palace Altar to King Ovonramwen
(r. 1888-1897), Benin, Nigeria,
Ariwajoye I, (Yoruba) ruler of
Orangun-lla, seated in state, 1977.
Display piece. Yoruba. Early 20th c, Cloth,
basketry, beads, fiber, H: 41 ¾”
Seated Couple. Dogon. Wood and metal. H:
29”
Gwandusu (mother & child) display figure.
Bamana. 13-15th century. Wood. H: 48 5/8”.
Nkondi figure. Lower
Congo. Before 1878. Royal
Museum of Central Africa,
Tervuren.
Temne nowo
masquerade with
attendants, Sierra
Leone, 1976.
Ijele masquerade
at an Igbo second
burial ceremony,
Achalla, Nigeria,
1983.
Onyeocha (“white man”)
at an Igbo masquerade,
Amagu Izzi, Nigeria,
1983.