Early African ArtSouth from the

Sahara

“The continent of Africa is too large to describe. It is a veritable ocean, a

separate planet, a varied, immensely rich cosmos. Only with the greatest simplification, for the sake of convenience, can we say

“Africa”. In reality, except as a geographical appellation, Africa

does not exist.”Ryszard Kaperscinki

15-1 Running woman, rock painting, from Tassili (Inauouanrhat), Algeria, ca. 6000-4000 BCE

Nok Headfrom Rafin Kura, Nigeriaca. 500 BCE - 200 CETerracotta, 1’2’’ highNational Museum, Ligos

Head from Lydenburg,Africa, ca. 500 - 700 CE, terracotta, 15” high by 10” by 10”.

Equestrian figure on fly-whisk hilt

- Lost-wax cast bronze

- Niger

- Tombs

- Power

Mother with Children

● Jenna Terracotta

● Form

● Function

● Content

● Context

● Snake Goddess

Inland Niger Delta, Mali (Western Sudan)

King from Ife

15-6 King, from Ife, Nigeria, 11th to 12th century. Zinc brass.

15-7 Walls and tower, Great Enclosure, Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe, 14th century

15-8 Bird with Crocodile, Stone Monolith, Great Zimbabwe,Zimbabwe15th Century

15-9 Beta Medhane

Alem church, Lalibela, Ethiopia,

14th century

from Benin, Nigeriamid 16th centuryIvory and Iron9 ⅜ inches high

Ivory Belt Mask of a Queen Mother

Master of Symbolic Execution15th-16th century