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ART HISTORY
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
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ROCK PAINTING FROM TASSILI
• Artist: ?• Date: c.10,000
BCE• Medium: Natural
Pigment on Rock• Environmental
knowledge• Animals
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ROCK HEWN CHURCH
• Artist: ?• Date: 1100s• Medium: Solid
Rock• Location: Ethiopia• Carved, not built• Enduring
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HEAD OF AN OBA
• Artist: ?• Date: 18th
Century• Medium: Bronze• Location: Benin• Coral necklace• Lost Wax Casting
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ASANTE GOLD WEIGHTS
• Artist: ?• Date: Early 1700s• Location: Ghana• Medium: Gold• Lost wax• Everyday objects• Measurement
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YORUBA MASK
• Artist: ?• Date: • Location: BeninMedium: Polychrome Wood• Gelede tradition• Performances• Appease “The
Mothers”
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HELMET MASK
• Artist: • Date: 1800s-1900s• Location: Ivory
Coast
• Medium: Paint on wood• “Mask” includes the
person performing• Performances were
often interactive
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COCOA POD SHAPED COFFIN
• Artist: Kane Kwei• Date:1970s• Location: Ghana• Medium:
Polychrome Wood• Serve the
community• Celebrate the life • Utilitarian quality
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ERE IBEJI DOLLS
• Artist: ?• Date: mid-20th
Cent• Location: Nigeria• Medium:Molded
plastic & metal• Twins• Yoruba• Good fortune