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20 Cards in this Set
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Fragment of an Executioner, Ife 11 /13th c, Leaded Brass - Negation of Ewa Ode and ephebism - A focus on Iwa; A disfigured person in the society that is celebrated as a being with divine capabilities, performed executions and attended the shrine. - Bead as status marker |
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Red mask boy head with the face holes |
Mask depicting Obalufon, Patron and eponymous ancestors, Of brass casters Ife, 700-500 BP, Copper/leaded brass - depiction of one of two obalufons - red hue speaks to past pigment application - holes in face, facial hair - objective reality |
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Pot lid in the form of a Hippopotamus, Ife 700-500 BP, Terracotta - Ambiguity in translation (elephant= hippopotamus) - hippopotamus as the elephant of the water- |
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Abstract cylindrical head depicting the inner, Spiritual head—ori inu, Ife 700-600 BP, Terracotta, |
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Figure of an Ooni in ceremonial regalia, Ife
800-500 BP, Leaded Brass/Zinc Brass |
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Ceremonial vessel with female form, Ife
900-800 BP 11/12 c, Leaded brass, |
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Fire Spitter Mask, Senufo 20thc, wood - Art as Metaphor - Mask used at male initiation school - Animal imagery and allusions to encourage or discourage |
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Edan Ogboni, Yoruba 19th c, Bronze -Art as metaphor for cooperation - Figures in the nude to speak about truthfulness and wisdom - elders responsible for governance and advises the rulers - Male and female as representatives of primordial ancestors who must collaborate for equilibrium
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Composite of man/bird, a.k.a birdman Nok, 1750BP, Terracotta
- distinctive nok characteristics (eyes, brow - Beaded accessories, coiffure and status - Finial for roofs - Supernatural power alluded in the merging of bird with man |
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Crouching Pendant Statue, Nok |
2250 BP, Terracotta - Distinctive coiffure |
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Statue on bended knee with Elephant and Feline, Nok 2350 BP, Terracotta - Elements of social proportion; man is significantly larger than the animals |
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Head , Nok (Sokoto), 2350 BP, Terracotta - Conically shaped head, wide-set eyes, textural brow treatment (Nok aesthetic corpus) |
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Head, Nok
2500-800 BP, Terracotta - Strays from objective reality; geometry and abstraction - Hair arranged into buns; hairpins, headband -Distinctive, arched eyebrows -Fairly cylindrical form Holes in facial orifices |
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Bronze Plaque, Benin 16/17th c, Bronze, - Notions of social proportion - Two heads around large figure, images of portuguese traders). Hierarchically they are not equal to Benin subjects |
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Sowei Headdress, Sande society, Gola, Vai 20th C, Wood, pigment - - Luminosity- shining smoothness; coiffure, neck rings and waterripples - ritual use; young girls are taken from their families and are taught societal laws and values - Abstraction of the image of a water spirit (part human/part animal), sande |
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Globular vessel with everted rim, Igbo Ukwu, |
1000 BP, terracotta |
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Triton shell, Igbo Ukwu 1100BP, Leaded bronze - Depiction of a mollusk shell , intricate carvings - Flies rendered on the body of the vessel - Vessel as a container for palm wine- more than humans ingest this. - Flies and ritual acceptance |
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Shell surmounted with a Leopard, Igbo Ukwu 1100 BP, leaded bronze - Abstracted image of a leopard with concentric circular motifs - Vessel used to hold lamps- for illumination - Spots on the leopard as analogous to eyes and vision |
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Roped Vessel on a stand, Igbo Ukwu
1100 BP, Leaded bronze - Technically noteworthy in the ancient world- three separate casts - Vessel placed on stand, fired a third time after implementing ropework. |
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Flywhisk handle, Igbo Ukwu
1100 BP, Leaded bronze, - symbol of authority, spirituality, and power - Figure of the horse rider symbolic of strength and status - Elements of emotional and social proportion |
