the black atlantic/aaas 329-01/arthist 383-01/ics 226s-01
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Thursday, September 16
The Black Atlantic/AAAS 329-01/ARTHIST 383-01/ICS 226S-01
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Left: Rigobert Bonne, Map of West Africa from the Gold Coast (modern day Ghana), south around the Bights of Benin and Biafara) to Gabon, Congo and Angola, 1770. Above: Map of the cultures of the Nigerian and Cameroonian Cross River area whose peoples were swept up during the transatlantic slave trade.
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Left: Ejagham peoples (Nigeria), Photo of an Ekpe (or Men’s Leopard Secret Society) masquerader, early 20th century. Right: Ejaghampeoples (Nigeria), Photo of a priestess of Nnimm (or the Women’s Secret Society), early 20th century.
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Left: Ejagham peoples (Nigeria), Aban Women’s Masquerade, 1957. Right: Ejagham peoples (Nigeria), Ekpa-Nkim Women Masqueraders, 2000.
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Ejagham peoples (Nigeria), Women performing a Moninkim-style masquerade dance at the Calabar Carnival, early 21st century.
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Ejagham peoples (Nigeria), Egbo Men’s Leopard Secret Society, early 20th century.
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Left: Elliot Elisofon, Photo of Ekpe Men’s Leopard Secret Society masqueraders, Big Qua Town, Nigeria, 1959. Right: Phyllis Galembo, Photo of Akata Dance Masquerader, Nigeria, circa 1990s.
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Clockwise from lower left: Efik/Keaka peoples (Nigeria), Fan with nsibidi writing, acquired 1909. Igbo peoples (Nigeria), Ukara cloth, 1972. Cotton, indigo dye. Ejagham peoples (Nigeria), Helmet mask, acquired 1942. Wood, animal skin, bone.
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Efik peoples (Nigeria), Crest mask, early 20th century. Wood, animal skin, plant materials, bone, natural dye.
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Above & below: Runaway slave & slave sale advertisements, referencing “Ibo” or “Eboe” peoples, late 18th century. Right: Daniel Orme, Frontispiece for The Life of Olaudah Equianoor Gustavus Vassa the African (London, 1789).
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Above left: Ejagham peoples (Nigeria), Ekpe Leopard Secret Society Men’s masquerade, 1930s. Below left: Frederic Mialhe, El Dia de Reyes (The Holy Kings Day), Havana, Cuba, 1853. Chromolith. Below: Víctor Patricio de Landaluze, El Ñáñigo, from Tipos y costumbres de la isla de Cuba (1881).
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Left: Photo of El Nanigo masquerader, Santiago de Cuba, 1970s. Above: Roy Sieber, Keeper of the Larabanga Mosque, Ghana, 1967. Photograph.
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Maps of West Africa, showing geographic region where Mande- and Gur-speaking peoples live.
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Left: A round adobe dwelling with thatched roof, Guinea, 21st century. Right: Kogi woman standing in front of a traditional adobe/thatched roof dwelling, Colombia, 21st century.
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Above left: Tellem peoples (Mali), Fragment of a blanket, 11th century CE. Cotton. Below: Mande peoples (Sierra Leone or Liberia),Three bolts of “Country cloth,” 20th century. Cotton. Right: Mende weaver operating a tripod loom, Sierra Leone, early 20th
century.
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Above and below left: Mande peoples (Sierra Leone or Liberia), Gowns, 19th century. Cotton.
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Above: Mano peoples, (Liberia), Gown, 19th century. Cotton. Right: Dan peoples (Cote d Ivoire), Kono masquerade, 20th century. Wood, woven cotton, and raffia.
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Mende peoples (Sierra Leone), Gown, 19th century. Cotton.
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Left and below: Mende peoples (Sierra Leone), Blanket, 20th century. Cotton.
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Mende peoples (Sierra Leone), Hammock, 19th century. Cotton.
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Dogon peoples (Mali), Hunter’s Shirt with charms, 20th century. Cotton, shells, fiber, animal materials, etc. Vera Visitz-Ward, Limba Paramount Chief Bai Yankay Gbatongo II, wearing a charm-studded gown, 1986. Photograph.
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Left: Jola peoples (Gambia), Ejumba mask (for male initiations), documented in 1825. Wood, cloth. Center: Jola peoples (Gambia), Kankurangmask (for male initiation and social control), documented in 1825. Fibers & vegetal materials. Right: Jonkunoo masqueraders, Jamaica, 2000s.
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Jonkonnu masqueraders, Jamaica, 2000s.
Junkanoo: Bahamian term for Boxing Day masquerade
Jonkonnu: Jamaican term for Boxing Day masquerade
John Canoe: Same as above, plus name of early 18th-century slaver trader on Africa’s Gold Coast
John Coonah: Southern U.S. term for Christmas masquerade
gens inconnu: French for “masked people”
jeunes cannuers: French for “young cane cutters”
dzonko nu: Ewe term for “male sorcerer”
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Winslow Homer, Dressing for the Carnival, 1877. Oil on canvas.
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Maps of West Africa & the Akan-speaking peoples geographic distribution.
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Above left: Watercolor of Elmina Castle, Gold Coast. 19th
century. Below left: Woodcut of Cape Coast Castle, Ghana. 1682.
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Left: Hand-colored lithograph of a “Gentleman of the Gold Coast,” 18th
century. Above: Asante peoples (Ghana), Kente cloth in Adweneasa type (“My skill is exhausted”), 20th century. Cotton.
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Above left: Ewe weaver working on a narrow-strip loom, Ghana. Late 20th century. Below left: Ewe peoples (Ghana), Detail of cloth, 20th century. Cotton.
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Above: Ewe peoples (Ghana), Women’s wrap (kpetoe), 20th century. Cotton & silk. Right: Ewe peoples (Ghana), Cloth, 20th century. Cotton & silk.
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Agostino Brunias, Linen Market, Dominica, c. 1775. Oil on canvas. Saramaka peoples (Suriname), detail of Man s shoulder cape, early 20th
century. Appliqued cotton.
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Upper and lower left & above: Fante peoples (Ghana), Asafo flags, early 20th century. Cotton.
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Lower left: Lucinda Toomer, Diamond Strip Quilt, c. 1975. Cotton corduroy and flannel, velvet, and wool. Upper left: Anonymous (Alabama), Strip- and patchwork quilt, 20th
century. Cotton. Above: Anonymous (Southern U.S.), Detail of a strip- and patchwork quilt, 20th century. Cotton.
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Left: Fante peoples, Ghana, Drum, 20th century. Wood & animal hide. Right: “Slave drum” collected in colonial Virginia, late 17th century. Wood & deer-skin.
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Clockwise from left: Harriet Powers (1837-1911). Harriet Powers, Bible Quilt, 1895-98. Appliqued cotton, metallic threads. Detail of Harriet Powers, Bible Quilt, 1895-98.