1. African Art Vocabulary

2. Cattle being Tended, Algeria, 5000-2000 BCE

3. Nok head, from Rafin Kura, Nigeria, ca. 500 BCE–200 CE
Nok head, from Rafin Kura, Nigeria, ca. 500 BCE–200 CE. Terracotta, 1’ 2 3/16” high. National Museum, Lagos.

4. Head of a King, from Ife, Yoruba. Ca. 13th c. CE. Zinc brass
Head of a King, from Ife, Yoruba. Ca. 13th c. CE. Zinc brass. Height: 11 7/16”. Museum of Ife Antiquities, Ife, Nigeria.

5. Head of an Oba, bronze, 18th c Memorial Head, Benin, c. 1400-1500 CE

6. Ivory belt mask of a Queen Mother, from Benin, Nigeria, mid-16th century

7. Great Friday Mosque, Djenné, Mali
Great Friday Mosque, Djenné, Mali. Rebuilding of 1907 in the style of the 13th c. original

8. Bird with crocodile image on top of stone monolith, from Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe, c. 1200-1400