unit 6 (africa) identifiers

Conical tower and circular wall of Great Zimbabwe

Shona peoples

Southeastern Zimbabwe

c. 1000-1400 CE

Coursed granite blocks

Great Mosque of Djenné

Mali

Founded c. 1200 CE

Rebuilt 1906-1907 CE

Adobe

Wall plaque, from Oba’s palace

Edo peoples

Kingdom of Benin

Nigeria

16th century CE

Cast brass

Sika dwa kofi (Golden Stool)

Ashanti peoples

South central Ghana

c. 1700 CE

Gold over wood and cast-gold attachments

Ndop (portrait figure) of King Mishe miShyaang maMbul

Kuba peoples

Democratic republic of the Congo

c. 1760-1780 CE

Wood

Power figure (Nkisi n’kondi)

Kongo peoples

Democratic Republic of the Congo

c. late 19th century CE

Wood and metal

Female (Pwo) mask

Chokwe peoples

Democratic Republic of the Congo

late 19th to early 20th century CE

wood, fiber, pigment, and metal

Portrait mask (Mblo)

Baule peoples

Côte d’Ivoire

Early 20th century CE

Wood and pigment

Bundu mask

Sande Society

Mende peoples

West African forests of Sierra Leone and Liberia

19th to 20th century CE

Wood, cloth, and fiber

Ikenga (shrine figure)

Igbo peoples

Nigeria

c. 19th to 20th century CE

Wood

Lukasa (memory board)

Mbudye Society

Luba peoples

Democratic Republic of the Congo

c. 19th to 20th century CE

Wood, beads, and metal

Aka elephant mask

Bamileke

Cameroon, western grassfields region

c. 19th to 20th century CE

Wood, woven raffia, cloth, and beads

Reliquary figure (byeri)

Fang peoples

Southern Cameroon

c. 19th to 20th century CE

Wood

Veranda post of enthroned king and senior wife (Opo Ogoga)

Olowe of Ise

Yoruba peoples

c. 1910-1914 CE

Wood and pigment