Africa Before 1800

Sam Tarng

APAH Presentation

October 18, 2012

Nok

BeninIgbo Ukwu

Ife

Djenne

ZimbabweBefore 1800

Rock Art

Nok and Lydenburg

Running horned woman, rock painting, Algeria

Nok Head, Terracotta, Nigeria

Head, Terracotta, South Africa

Igbo Ukwu

Equestrian Figure on fly-whisk hilt, Nigeria

King, from Ita Yemoo, Zinc-brass, Nigeria

11th to 18th Centuries

Ile-Ife

Archer, Terracotta, from Djenne, LMali

Djenne and Lalibela

Great Mosque, Djenne, Mali (Northwest view)

Beta Giorghis(Church of Saint George),Lalibela, Ehiopia

Great Zimabwe

Walls and tower, Great Enclosure, Zimbabwe

Monolith with bird and crocodile, Soapstone, from Great Zimbabwe

Great Zimbabwe

Waist pendant of a Queen Mother, Ivory and iron, from Benin, Nigeria

Altar to the Hand and Arm, Bronze, from Benin, Nigeria

Master of the Symbolic Execution, Ivory, saltcellar, Sapi-Portuguese, from Sierra Leone

Quiz Time!