ART HISTORY

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

ROCK PAINTING FROM TASSILI

• Artist: ?• Date: c.10,000

BCE• Medium: Natural

Pigment on Rock• Environmental

knowledge• Animals

ROCK HEWN CHURCH

• Artist: ?• Date: 1100s• Medium: Solid

Rock• Location: Ethiopia• Carved, not built• Enduring

HEAD OF AN OBA

• Artist: ?• Date: 18th

Century• Medium: Bronze• Location: Benin• Coral necklace• Lost Wax Casting

ASANTE GOLD WEIGHTS

• Artist: ?• Date: Early 1700s• Location: Ghana• Medium: Gold• Lost wax• Everyday objects• Measurement

YORUBA MASK

• Artist: ?• Date: • Location: BeninMedium: Polychrome Wood• Gelede tradition• Performances• Appease “The

Mothers”

HELMET MASK

• Artist: • Date: 1800s-1900s• Location: Ivory

Coast

• Medium: Paint on wood• “Mask” includes the

person performing• Performances were

often interactive

COCOA POD SHAPED COFFIN

• Artist: Kane Kwei• Date:1970s• Location: Ghana• Medium:

Polychrome Wood• Serve the

community• Celebrate the life • Utilitarian quality

ERE IBEJI DOLLS

• Artist: ?• Date: mid-20th

Cent• Location: Nigeria• Medium:Molded

plastic & metal• Twins• Yoruba• Good fortune