Global Prehistory
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1. Apollo 11 stones. Namibia. C.25,500-25,300 BCE Charcoal
on stone 4 ½” x 5”
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2. Great Hall of the Bulls. Lascaux, France. Paleolithic
Europe. 15,000-13,000 BCE. Rock Painting
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3. Camelid sacrum in the shape of a
canine. Tequixquiac, central Mexico.
14,000-7,000 BCE Bone
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4. Running horned woman. Tassili n’Ajjer,
Algeria. 6,000-4,000 BCE Pigment on rock
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5. Bushel with ibex motifs. Susa, Iran.
Painted terra cotta Neolithic
4200-3500 BCE
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6. Anthropomorphic stele. Arabian Peninsula. Fourth millennium BCE
sandstone
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7. Jade cong. Liangzhu, China.
3,300-2,200 BCE carved jade
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9. The Ambun Stone, Ambun Valley, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea c.1500 BCE, Greywacke
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10. Tlatilco female figure. Central Mexico, site of Tlatilco, 1200-900 BCE Ceramic
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11. Terra cotta fragment. Lapita. Solomon
Islands, Reef Islands. 1000 BCE terra cotta
(incised)
Ancient Mediterranean
images 12-47
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12. White Temple and its Ziggurat. Uruk (modern
Warka, Iraq).
Sumerian c.3600-3000 BCE Mud brick. (2 images)
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13. Palette of King Narmer. Predynastic Egypt.
c.3000-2920 BCE Greywacke. (2 images)
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14. Statues of votive figures, from the Square Temple at Eshnunna
(modern Tell Asmar, Iraq)
Sumerian. C.2700 BCE Gypsum inlaid with shell and black
limestone
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15. Seated Scribe. Saqqara, Egypt, Old Kingdom,
Fourth Dynasty.
c. 2620-2500 BCE Painted Limestone
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16. Standard of Ur from the Royal Tombs at Ur (modern Tell elMuqayyar, Iraq). Sumerian.
c. 2600-2400 BCE Wood inlaid with shell, lapis lazuli, and red
limestone (2 images)
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Great Pyramids (Menkaure, Khafre, Khufu) and the Great Sphinx. Giza, Egypt.
Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty. c. 2550-2490 BCE Cut Limestone. (2 images)
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18. King Menkaure and queen. Old Kingdom, Fourth
Dynasty. c. 2490-2472 BCE Greywacke
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19. The Code of Hammurabi. Babylon (Modern
Iraq). Susian. c.1762-1750 BCE basalt
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20. Temple of Amun-Re and Hypostyle Hall. Karnak, near Luxor, Egypt
New Kingdom, 18th and 19th Dynasties. Temple: c.1550 BCE; hall c. 1250 BCE
Cut sandstone and mud brick (3 images)
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21. Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut. Near Luxor. Egypt. New Kingdom. 18th Dynasty.
C.1473-1458 BCE Sandstone, partially carved into a rock cliff, and red granite. (2
images) Kneeling statue of Hatshepsut. Metropolitan Museum of New York
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22. Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and three daughters. New
Kingdom (Amarna). 18th Dynasty. C.1353-1335 BCE
Limestone
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23. Tutankhamun’s tomb, innermost coffin. New
Kingdom, 18th Dynasty. c.1323 BCE Gold with
inlay of enamel and semiprecious stones.
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24. Last Judgment of Hu-Nefer, from his tomb (page from the
Book of the Dead). New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty. c.1275 BCE
painted papyrus scroll
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25. Lamassu from the citadel of Sargon II, Dur
Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad, Iraq).
Neo-Assyrian. c.720-705 BCE Alabaster
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26. Athenian agora. Archaic through Hellenistic
Greek. 600 BCE- 150 BCE Plan
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27. Anavysos Kouros. Archaic Greek. c.530 BCE
Marble with remnants of paint.
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28. Peplos Kore from the Acropolis. Archaic
Greek. c.530 BCE Marble. Painted details.
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29. Sarcophagus of the Spouses. Etruscan. c. 520
BCE terra cotta
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30. Audience Hall (apadana) of Darius and Xerxes.
Persepolis (Parsa), Iran. Persian.
c. 520-465 BCE limestone (2 images)
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31. Temple of Minerva (Veii, near Rome, Italy) and sculpture
of Apollo.
Master sculptor Vulca. c.510-500 BCE Original temple of
wood, mud brick, or tufa (volcanic rock); terra cotta sculpture
(3 images).
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32. Tomb of the Triclinium. Tarquinia, Italy.
Etruscan. c.480-470 BCE Tufa and fresco
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33. Niobides Krater. Anonymous vase painter of Classical
Greece known as the Niobid Painter. c.460-450 BCE Clay, redfigure technique (white highlights). (2 images)
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34. Doryphoros (Spear Bearer). Polykleitos.
Original 450-440 BCE. Roman copy (marble) of
Greek original (bronze).
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35. Acropolis. Athens, Greece. Iktinos and
Kallikrates. c.447-410 BCE Marble. (6 images)
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36. Grave Stele of Hegeso. Attributed to
Kallimachos.
c.410 BCE Marble and paint.
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37. Winged Victory of Samothrace. Hellenistic
Greek.
c.190 BCE Marble
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38. Great Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon. Asia Minor
(present-day Turkey). Hellenistic Greek. c.175 BCE Marble
(architecture and sculpture). (3 images)
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39. House of the Vettii. Pompeii, Italy. Imperial
Roman. c.second century BCE; rebuilt c.62-79 CE.
Cut stone and fresco. (3 images)
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40. Alexander Mosaic from the House of Faun,
Pompeii. Republican Roman. c.100 BCE Mosaic
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41. Seated Boxer. Hellenistic Greek. c. 100 BCE
Bronze
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42. Head of a Roman Patrician, Republican Roman. c.75-50 BCE
marble
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43. Augustus of Prima Porta. Imperial Roman.
Early first century CE Marble
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44. Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater). Rome,
Italy. Imperial Roman. 70-80 CE Stone and
Concrete. (2 Images)
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45. Forum of Trajan. Rome, Italy. Apollodorus of
Damascus. Forum and markets: 106-112 CE;
column complete 113 CE Brick and concrete
(architecture); marble (column. (4 images).
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46. Pantheon. Imperial Roman.
118-125 CE concrete with stone facing (2 images)
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47. Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus. Late Imperial
Roman. c. 250 CE
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Individual portrait
that is naturalistic and
abstract,
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Mblo
performan
ce
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Portraiture
Private and
Public
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Individual portrait expressing
beauty, respect for
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Performance
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Mblo
174. Portrait mask (Mblo). Baule peoples (Cote d’Ivoire).
Early 20th century CE Wood and pigment. (2 images).
Baule Portrait Mask of Moya Yanso (ca. 1890-1973) by Owie Kimou (d. 1948)
Height: 14 1/4 in (36.2 cm)
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Three zones,
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Masquerade or
performance called
Bundu or Sowei, Life
Transition, Moral
Guidance
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Idealized beauty and moral
goodness combined, danced by a
young woman, knowledge of
dance.
Zone 1: neck rolls
Zone 2: face (small mouth, high
forehead, nearly closed eyes,
scarification on cheeks (though
not found on Mende people)
Zone 3: complex coiffures, many
elements can be added (horns,
animals,
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Kept private
until performed,
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Gender
Beauty
Ritual
Water
Bundu/Sowei
Mende
Raffia
Sande
175. Bundu Mask. Sande Society, Mende peoples (West African forests
of Sierra Leone and Liberia). 19th to 20th century CE Wood, cloth, and
fiber. (2 images).
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Tall,
abstracted
male figure
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Male Power, Personal
Large horns (often ram), right
hand often holds sword, left
hand often holds severed head,
often seated, surfaces encrusted
from , can be attended to daily
with offernings
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Igbo Personal
Shrine Figure
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Religion/Sacr
ed
Moveable
Shrine
Male Power
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Personal Shrine,
Igbo public shrines
such as
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Igbo
Ikenga
Shrine
176. Ikenga (shrine figure). Igbo peoples (Nigeria).
c.19th to 20th century CE Wood.
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Wood, beads,
metal
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Divination Board
Royal History
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History
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Luba
Lukasa
Mdudye Society
177. Lukasa (memory board). Mdudye Society, Luba peoples
(Democratic Republic of the Congo). c.19th and 20th century
CE Wood, beads, and metal. (2 images).
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Geometric beading on long,
vertical fabric, large round
ears, highly stylized
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Performance
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Royal Power
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Royal Power
Performance of
Power
Men Society
Aka
Bamileke
178. Aka elephant mask. Bamileke (Cameroon, western grassfields region).
c.19th to 20th century CE wood, woven raffia, cloth, and beads. (2 images)
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Bilateral Symmetry,
Stylized Geometric
shapes,
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Guardian of ancestral
bones in container
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Death
Ancestral Spirits
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Byeri
Fang
Reliquary
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179. Reliquary figure (byeri). Fang peoples (southern Cameroon).
c.19th to 20th century CE wood
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King seated on
throne, senior wife
behind, junior wife
at his feet, trickster
Esu playing the
flute
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Architectural Sculpture
Context
Was one of four
carved posts by
Olowe of Ise for
the royal palace
at Ikere
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Royal Power
Royal Family
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Esu/Eshu
Olowe of
Ise
Opo Ogoga
180. Veranda post of enthroned king and senior wife (Opo Ogoga).
Palace at
Olowe of Ise (Yoruba peoples). c.1910-1914 CE Wood and pigment.
Ikere