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Early African Art Chapter 13. Historical Background 0 Africa has more indiginous languages than any other location 0 Plagued by war and fighting (Hutus.

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1 Early African Art Chapter 13

2 Historical Background 0 Africa has more indiginous languages than any other location 0 Plagued by war and fighting (Hutus in Rwanda) 0 Associates with a culture or ethnicity, not a country 0 Scramble for Africa 0 Phoenicians and Carthaginians 0 “Bilal al-Sudan”

3 Key Terms 0 Scarification 0 Lost-was casting 0 Battered walls 0 Zoomorphic

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5 Crowned Head of a King Ife, Yoruba,12 th cent, Zinc Brass, 9 7/16” Is this a king? Why is Ife important ? German scholar suggested it was from Atlantis. Why?

6 http://media.pearsoncmg.com/ph/hss/ SSA_SHARED_MEDIA_1/art/MAL/video s/process_videos/WaxCast-large.html Lost-Wax Casting

7 Dancers in Ceremonial Attire Rock-wall painting, Tassili-n-Ajjer, Algeria, 5000 BCE Why are there images of horses in the middle of Saharan rock art?

8 Head from Nok Nok, 500 BCE-200 CE, Terra Cotta, 36 cm Oldest sculpture dated to Africa Distinct conventions What was the Nok culture like?

9 Burial Chamber at Igbo-Ukwu Recreation

10 Nkisi Nkonde DRC, 30”, Wood and Nails

11 Hip Mask Representing an Iyoba (Queen Mother) Benin, 1550 CE, Ivory, Iron, and copper, 9.25”


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