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Sub-saharan africa

Sub-saharan africa. Art History. Rock painting from tassili. Artist: ? Date: c.10,000 BCE Medium: Natural Pigment on Rock Environmental knowledge Animals. ROCK HEWN CHURCH. Artist: ? Date: 1100s Medium: Solid Rock Location: Ethiopia Carved, not built Enduring.

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Sub-saharan africa

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  1. Sub-saharanafrica Art History

  2. Rock painting from tassili • Artist: ? • Date: c.10,000 BCE • Medium: Natural Pigment on Rock • Environmental knowledge • Animals

  3. ROCK HEWN CHURCH • Artist: ? • Date: 1100s • Medium: Solid Rock • Location: Ethiopia • Carved, not built • Enduring

  4. Head of an oba • Artist: ? • Date: 18th Century • Medium: Bronze • Location: Benin • Coral necklace • Lost Wax Casting

  5. Asante gold weights • Artist: ? • Date: Early 1700s • Location: Ghana • Medium: Gold • Lost wax • Everyday objects • Measurement

  6. Yoruba Mask • Artist: ? • Date: • Location: BeninMedium: Polychrome Wood • Gelede tradition • Performances • Appease “The Mothers”

  7. Helmet mask • Artist: • Date: 1800s-1900s • Location: Ivory Coast • Medium: Paint on wood • “Mask” includes the person performing • Performances were often interactive

  8. Cocoa pod shaped coffin • Artist: Kane Kwei • Date:1970s • Location: Ghana • Medium: Polychrome Wood • Serve the community • Celebrate the life • Utilitarian quality

  9. Ere Ibeji Dolls • Artist: ? • Date: mid-20th Cent • Location: Nigeria • Medium:Molded plastic & metal • Twins • Yoruba • Good fortune

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