African Art

By r_bingham
  • Conical tower and circular wall of Great Zimbabwe
    1000

    Conical tower and circular wall of Great Zimbabwe

    Southeastern Zimbabwe
    Shona peoples
    1000-1400
    granite blocks
  • Great Mosque of Djenné
    1200

    Great Mosque of Djenné

    Mali
    Adobe
  • Wall plaque from Oba's palace
    1500

    Wall plaque from Oba's palace

    Edo Peoples, Benin (Nigeria)
    16th century
    cast brass
  • Sika dwa kofi (golden stool)

    Sika dwa kofi (golden stool)

    Ashanti peoples (south central Ghana)
    gold over wood and cast gold attachments
  • Power figure (Nkisi n'kondi)

    Power figure (Nkisi n'kondi)

    Kongo peoples (Democratic republic of Congo)
    late 19th century
    wood and metal
  • Female (pwo)mask

    Female (pwo)mask

    Chokwe peoples (democratic republic of congo)
    late 19th century-early 20th century
    wood, fiber, pigment, and metal
  • Portrait mask (mblo)

    Portrait mask (mblo)

    baule peoples (cote d'lvoire)
    early 20th century
    wood and pigment
  • Bundu Mask

    Bundu Mask

    Sande Society, Mende people (west african forests of sierra leone and liberia)
    19th-20th century
    wood, cloth and fiber
  • Veranda post of enthroned king and senior wife

    Veranda post of enthroned king and senior wife

    Olowe of Ise (yoruba peoples)
    1910-1914 CE
    wood and pigment
  • Ikenga (shrine figure)

    Ikenga (shrine figure)

    Igbo peoples (nigeria)
    19th to 20th century
    wood
  • Lukasa (memory board)

    Lukasa (memory board)

    Mbudye society
    lubaa peoples (democratic republic of the congo)
    19th-20th century
    wood, beads, metal
  • aka elephant mask

    aka elephant mask

    Bamileke
    19th-20th century
    wood, woven raffia, cloth, beads
  • Reliquary figure

    Reliquary figure

    fang peoples (southern cameroon)
    19th-20th century
    wood