***Thank you to VALERIE WHITE of Vista High School, for all her help.  All APAH content and information made  possible from her hard work.  
Also, thank you to Dr. Robert Coad for his guidance and materials.

  
​ARTWORK LIST
​Conical tower of Great Zimbabwe
        - Circular wall of Great Zimbabwe
​Great Mosque of Djenne
        -Monday market at the Great Mosque
Wall plaque from Oba's palace
         CONTEXTUAL IMAGE- The late Oba Akenzua ll in full regalia
Sika dwa kofi (Golden stool)
Ndop (portrait figure) of King Mishe miShyaang maMbul
​        CONTEXTUAL IMAGE- Kuba Nyim (ruler) Kot a Mbweeky lll in state dress with royal drum in Mushenge
Power figure (Nkisi n'kondi)
Portrait mask (Mblo)
Female (Pwo) mask
Bundu mask
        CONTEXTUAL IMAGE- Bundu masks worn in a ceremony
Ikenga (shrine figure)
Lukasa (memory board)
        CONTEXTUAL IMAGE- Court historian using Lukasa
Aka elephant mask
         CONTEXTUAL IMAGE- Men wearing aka elephant masks during a ceremony
Reliquary guardian figure (nio byeri)
Veranda post of enthroned king and senior wife (opo Ogoga)


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​MAJOR CIVILIZATIONS
  • Nok (500 BCE-200 CE)         Nigeria
  • Great Zimbabwe (11th- 15th c.)    Zimbabwe
  • Ife Culture (11th-12th c.)       Nigeria
  • Aksum (1200-1527)               Ethiopia
  • Benin (13th-19th c.)               Nigeria
  • Mende (19th-20th c.)            Sierra Leone
  • Kongo (19th-20th c.)             Congo


KEY IDEAS
  • Centered around spirituality, the spirit world, and the role of ancestors is huge to incorporate into artworks
  • Fertility of man and of the land is key
  • Most common materials are wood, ivory, and metal
  • Mostly utilitarian, usually for ceremonies
  • Architecture is predominately mud brick, rarely stone
  • Stone used in Zimbabwe and Ethiopian churches