1. Global Prehistory images 1-11

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1. Apollo 11 stones. Namibia. C.25,500-25,300 BCE Charcoal on stone 4 ½” x 5”

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2. Great Hall of the Bulls. Lascaux, France. Paleolithic Europe. 15,000-13,000 BCE. Rock Painting

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3. Camelid sacrum in the shape of a canine. Tequixquiac, central Mexico. 14,000-7,000 BCE Bone

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4. Running horned woman. Tassili n’Ajjer, Algeria. 6,000-4,000 BCE Pigment on rock

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5. Bushel with ibex motifs. Susa, Iran BCE Painted terra cotta Neolithic

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6. Anthropomorphic stele. Arabian Peninsula. Fourth millennium BCE sandstone

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7. Jade cong. Liangzhu, China ,300-2,200 BCE carved jade

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9. The Ambun Stone, Ambun Valley, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea c.1500 BCE, Greywacke

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10. Tlatilco female figure. Central Mexico, site of Tlatilco, BCE Ceramic

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11. Terra cotta fragment. Lapita. Solomon Islands, Reef Islands BCE terra cotta (incised)

13. Ancient Mediterranean images 12-47

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12. White Temple and its Ziggurat. Uruk (modern Warka, Iraq).
Sumerian c BCE Mud brick. (2 images)

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13. Palette of King Narmer. Predynastic Egypt.
c BCE Greywacke. (2 images)

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14. Statues of votive figures, from the Square Temple at Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar, Iraq)
Sumerian. C.2700 BCE Gypsum inlaid with shell and black limestone

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15. Seated Scribe. Saqqara, Egypt, Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty.
c BCE Painted Limestone

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16. Standard of Ur from the Royal Tombs at Ur (modern Tell el-Muqayyar, Iraq). Sumerian.
c BCE Wood inlaid with shell, lapis lazuli, and red limestone (2 images)

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17. Great Pyramids (Menkaure, Khafre, Khufu) and the Great Sphinx. Giza, Egypt.
Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty. c BCE Cut Limestone. (2 images)

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18. King Menkaure and queen. Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty. c BCE Greywacke

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19. The Code of Hammurabi. Babylon (Modern Iraq). Susian. c BCE basalt

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20. Temple of Amun-Re and Hypostyle Hall. Karnak, near Luxor, Egypt
New Kingdom, 18th and 19th Dynasties. Temple: c.1550 BCE; hall c BCE
Cut sandstone and mud brick (3 images)

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21. Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut. Near Luxor. Egypt. New Kingdom. 18th Dynasty. C BCE Sandstone, partially carved into a rock cliff, and red granite. (2 images) Kneeling statue of Hatshepsut. Metropolitan Museum of New York

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22. Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and three daughters. New Kingdom (Amarna). 18th Dynasty. C BCE Limestone

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23. Tutankhamun’s tomb, innermost coffin. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty. c.1323 BCE Gold with inlay of enamel and semiprecious stones.

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24. Last Judgment of Hu-Nefer, from his tomb (page from the Book of the Dead). New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty. c.1275 BCE painted papyrus scroll

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25. Lamassu from the citadel of Sargon II, Dur Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad, Iraq).
Neo-Assyrian. c BCE Alabaster

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26. Athenian agora. Archaic through Hellenistic Greek. 600 BCE- 150 BCE Plan

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27. Anavysos Kouros. Archaic Greek. c.530 BCE Marble with remnants of paint.

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28. Peplos Kore from the Acropolis. Archaic Greek. c.530 BCE Marble. Painted details.

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29. Sarcophagus of the Spouses. Etruscan. c. 520 BCE terra cotta

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30. Audience Hall (apadana) of Darius and Xerxes. Persepolis (Parsa), Iran. Persian.
c BCE limestone (2 images)

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Temple of Minerva (Veii, near Rome, Italy) and sculpture of Apollo.
Master sculptor Vulca. c BCE Original temple of wood, mud brick, or tufa (volcanic rock); terra cotta sculpture (3 images).

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32. Tomb of the Triclinium. Tarquinia, Italy. Etruscan. c BCE Tufa and fresco

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33. Niobides Krater. Anonymous vase painter of Classical Greece known as the Niobid Painter. c BCE Clay, red-figure technique (white highlights). (2 images)

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34. Doryphoros (Spear Bearer). Polykleitos.
Original BCE. Roman copy (marble) of Greek original (bronze).

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35. Acropolis. Athens, Greece. Iktinos and Kallikrates. c BCE Marble. (6 images)

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36. Grave Stele of Hegeso. Attributed to Kallimachos.
c.410 BCE Marble and paint.

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37. Winged Victory of Samothrace. Hellenistic Greek.
c.190 BCE Marble

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38. Great Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon. Asia Minor (present-day Turkey). Hellenistic Greek. c.175 BCE Marble (architecture and sculpture). (3 images)

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39. House of the Vettii. Pompeii, Italy. Imperial Roman. c.second century BCE; rebuilt c CE. Cut stone and fresco. (3 images)

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40. Alexander Mosaic from the House of Faun, Pompeii. Republican Roman. c.100 BCE Mosaic

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41. Seated Boxer. Hellenistic Greek. c. 100 BCE Bronze

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42. Head of a Roman Patrician, Republican Roman. c BCE marble

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43. Augustus of Prima Porta. Imperial Roman. Early first century CE Marble

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44. Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater). Rome, Italy. Imperial Roman CE Stone and Concrete. (2 Images)

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45. Forum of Trajan. Rome, Italy. Apollodorus of Damascus. Forum and markets: CE; column complete 113 CE Brick and concrete (architecture); marble (column. (4 images).

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46. Pantheon. Imperial Roman.
CE concrete with stone facing (2 images)

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47. Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus. Late Imperial Roman. c. 250 CE

50. 174. Portrait mask (Mblo). Baule peoples (Cote d’Ivoire).
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Individual portrait that is naturalistic and abstract,
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Individual portrait expressing beauty, respect for
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Mblo performance
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Performance
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Portraiture
Private and Public
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Mblo
174. Portrait mask (Mblo). Baule peoples (Cote d’Ivoire).
Early 20th century CE Wood and pigment. (2 images).
Baule Portrait Mask of Moya Yanso (ca ) by Owie Kimou (d. 1948)
Height: 14 1/4 in (36.2 cm)

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Idealized beauty and moral goodness combined, danced by a young woman, knowledge of dance.
Zone 1: neck rolls
Zone 2: face (small mouth, high forehead, nearly closed eyes, scarification on cheeks (though not found on Mende people)
Zone 3: complex coiffures, many elements can be added (horns, animals,
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Three zones,
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Masquerade or performance called Bundu or Sowei, Life Transition, Moral Guidance
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Kept private until performed,
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Bundu/Sowei
Mende
Raffia
Sande
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Gender
Beauty
Ritual
Water
175. Bundu Mask. Sande Society, Mende peoples (West African forests of Sierra Leone and Liberia). 19th to 20th century CE Wood, cloth, and fiber. (2 images).

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Male Power, Personal
Large horns (often ram), right hand often holds sword, left hand often holds severed head, often seated, surfaces encrusted from , can be attended to daily with offernings
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Tall, abstracted male figure
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Igbo Personal Shrine Figure
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Personal Shrine, Igbo public shrines such as
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Religion/Sacred
Moveable Shrine
Male Power
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Igbo
Ikenga
Shrine
176. Ikenga (shrine figure). Igbo peoples (Nigeria).
c.19th to 20th century CE Wood.

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Divination Board
Royal History
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History
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Luba
Lukasa
Mdudye Society
177. Lukasa (memory board). Mdudye Society, Luba peoples
(Democratic Republic of the Congo). c.19th and 20th century
CE Wood, beads, and metal. (2 images).

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Geometric beading on long, vertical fabric, large round ears, highly stylized
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Performance
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Aka
Bamileke
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Royal Power
Performance of Power
Men Society
178. Aka elephant mask. Bamileke (Cameroon, western grassfields region).
c.19th to 20th century CE wood, woven raffia, cloth, and beads. (2 images)

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Bilateral Symmetry, Stylized Geometric shapes,
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Guardian of ancestral bones in container
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Byeri
Fang
Reliquary Figure
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Death
Ancestral Spirits
179. Reliquary figure (byeri). Fang peoples (southern Cameroon).
c.19th to 20th century CE wood

56. Content Form Function Context Terms Esu/Eshu Olowe of Ise Themes
King seated on throne, senior wife behind, junior wife at his feet, trickster Esu playing the flute
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Architectural Sculpture
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Was one of four carved posts by Olowe of Ise for the royal palace at Ikere
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Olowe of Ise
Opo Ogoga
Palace at Ikere
Yoruba
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Royal Power
Royal Family
180. Veranda post of enthroned king and senior wife (Opo Ogoga).
Olowe of Ise (Yoruba peoples). c CE Wood and pigment.