CROWNED HEAD OF A YORUBA RULER From Ife, Nigeria. Yoruba, 12th-15th century CE. Zinc brass, height 9-7/16" (24 cm). Museum of Ife Antiquities, Ife, Nigeria. [Fig. 14-01]

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CROWNED HEAD OF A YORUBA RULERFrom Ife, Nigeria.
Yoruba, 12th-15th century CE.Zinc brass, height
9-7/16" (24 cm).Museum of Ife Antiquities, Ife,
Nigeria. Fig. 14-01
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ANCIENT AFRICAMap 14-01
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DANCERS IN CEREMONIAL ATTIRESection of rock-wall
painting, Tassili-n-Ajjer, Algeria.c. 5000-2000
BCE. Fig. 14-02
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HEADFrom Nok, Nigeria. c. 500 BCE-200 CE.Terra
cotta, height 14-3/16" (36 cm).National Museum,
Lagos, Nigeria. Fig. 14-03
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SECTION OF SAN ROCK-WALL PAINTINGSan peoples,
uncertain dates. Drakensberg Mountains, South
Africa.Pigment and eland blood on rock. Fig.
14-04
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BURIAL CHAMBERIgbo-Ukwu, Nigeria. Reconstruction
showing the placement of the ruler and artifacts
in the chamber in the 10th century.Painting by
Caroline Sassoon. Fig. 14-05
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RITUAL VESSELFrom Ife, Nigeria. Yoruba,
13th-14th century CE.Terra cotta, height
9-13/16" (24.9 cm).University Art Museum,
Obafemi, Awolowo University, Ife, Nigeria. Fig.
14-06
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A CLOSER LOOK Roped Pot on a StandFrom
Igbo-Ukwu. 9th-10th century CE.Leaded bronze,
height 12-11/16" (32.3 cm).National Museum,
Lagos.
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MEMORIAL HEAD OF AN OBAFrom Benin, Nigeria.
Early Period, c. 16th century CE. Brass, height
9" (23 cm).The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art,
Kansas City, Missouri. Purchase Nelson Trust
through the generosity of Donald J. and Adele C.
Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Robert Sutherland, an
anonymous donor, and the exchange of Nelson
Gallery Foundation properties (87-7). Fig. 14-07
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PHOTOGRAPH OF AN ALTAREdo culture, Nigeria. c.
1959.The National Museum of African Art,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. Eliot
Elisofon Photographic Archives (7584). Fig.
14-08
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TECHNIQUE Lost-Wax Casting
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HIP PENDANT REPRESENTING AN IYOBA ("QUEEN
MOTHER")From Benin City, Nigeria. Middle Period,
c. 1550 CE.Ivory, iron, and copper, height
9-3/8" (23.4 cm).Metropolitan Museum of Art, New
York. The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial
Collection, Gift of Nelson A. Rockefeller
(1978.412.323). Fig. 14-09
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PLAQUE WARRIOR CHIEF FLANKED BY WARRIORS AND
ATTENDANTSFrom Benin City, Nigeria. Middle
Period, c. 1550-1650 CE.Brass, height 14-3/4"
15-1/2" (37.5 39.4 cm). The Nelson-Atkins
Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri. Purchase
William Rockhill Nelson Trust (58-3) Fig. 14-10
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SENIOR TOWN CHIEFSupported by two attendants,
one of them carrying his eben sword. Fig. 14-11
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OBA EREDIAUWAWearing coral-beaded regalia and
seated on a dais. Fig. 14-12
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HORSEMANFrom Old Jenné, Mali. 13th-15th century
CE.Terra cotta, height 27-3/4" (70.5 cm).
National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian
Institution, Washington, DC. Museum Purchase
(86-12-2) Fig. 14-13
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GREAT FRIDAY MOSQUEJenné, Mali. Showing the
eastern and northern façades.Rebuilding of 1907,
in the style of 13th-century original. Fig.
14-14
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DRAWING OF GREAT ENCLOSURE, GREAT ZIMBABWEFig.
14-15
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CONICAL TOWER, GREAT ENCLOSUREGreat Zimbabwe
Shona, Zimbabwe. c. 1350-1450 CE.Stone, height
of tower 30' (9.1 m). Fig. 14-16
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BET GIORGIS (CHURCH OF ST. GEORGE),
LALIBELAEthiopia. 13th century.Volcanic rock.
Fig. 14-17
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ZOOMORPHIC HEADAngola. c. 750 CE. Wood, 19-7/8"
6-1/8" (50.5 15.5 cm).Royal Museum of
Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium. Fig. 14-18
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DECORATED TEXTILEKongo. Before 1400 CE. Raffia,
9-1/2" 18-1/2" (24 47 cm).Pitt Rivers
Museum, University of Oxford, England.
(1886.1.254.1). Fig. 14-19
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CRUCIFIXKongo. Early 17th century CE. Bronze,
height 10-1/2" (26.7 cm).Metropolitan Museum of
Art, New York. Collection of Ernst Anspach.
(1999.295.7)Fig. 14-20
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SAPI-PORTUGUESE STYLE HUNTING HORNSierra Leone.
Late 15th century CE. Ivory, length 25" (63.5
cm).National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian
Institution, Washington, DC. Gift of Walt Disney
World Co., a subsidiary of the Walt Disney
Company (2005-6-9) Fig. 14-21