Death and the Afterlife in Africa

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Death and the Afterlife in Africa Professor Christopher D. Roy December 7, 2017

Mossi people, Burkina Faso Title: mask performance at funeral/ male elder Country: Burkina Faso Site: Samba culture: Mossi Medium: sculpture Material: wood, pigment, fiber costume Subject: Africa, African, Western Sudan OVM Accession Number: P 84 00770 Source: Photo: Christopher Roy, January,1977 Cataloger: EB Client: Roy Date Added: 00/00/0000 Date Modified: 07/27/2016 Area of the Collection: G Stripe: brn CL1: A01 CL2: M91 CL3: M2y Identifier: P_84_00770.jpg Commercial: F Mossi people, Burkina Faso

Title: 3 dancers wearing antelope plank masks Country: Burkina Faso culture: Mossi Medium: sculpture Material: wood, pigment Subject: Africa, African, Western Sudan OVM Accession Number: P ND 00668 Source: unknown Cataloger: EB Client: Roy Date Added: 00/00/0000 Date Modified: 07/27/2016 Area of the Collection: G Stripe: brn CL1: A01 CL2: M91 CL3: M2y Identifier: P_ND_00668.jpg Commercial: F

Title: performance/ 2 masks of Sawadogo clan Country: Burkina Faso Site: Moutoulou culture: Mossi Medium: sculpture Material: wood, pigment, fiber costume Subject: Africa, African, Western Sudan OVM Accession Number: P 83 00242 Source: Photo: Christopher Roy, March 27, 1977 Cataloger: EB Client: Roy Date Added: 00/00/0000 Date Modified: 07/27/2016 Area of the Collection: G Stripe: brn CL1: A01 CL2: M91 CL3: M2y Identifier: P_83_00242.jpg Commercial: F

Title: Dwa stool for ancestory shrine, repaired with brass strip View: front culture: Ashanti Subject: stool ancestors subSubject: Akan OVM Accession Number: 98 3936 x91-1641 Order Number: 3936 Source: UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History Cataloger: julie-hausman Client: Roy Date Added: 01/08/1998 Date Modified: 12/22/2015 Area of the Collection: G Stripe: brn CL1: RCDMUS CL2: A81 CL3: F2 Identifier: 98_3936_x91-1641.jpg Commercial: F Asante people, Ghana

Title: Osei Agyeman Prempeh II on ankaahono culture: Ashanti Medium: cloth Subject: Clothing subSubject: Costume subSubject: Ashanti subSubject: Africa, African, Akam subSubject: Akan OVM Accession Number: 95 3523 003ta Order Number: 3523 Source: Kyerematen, A.A.Y. .Panoply of Ghana. London: Longmans, Green and Co. LTD, 1964. Page: 003ta LC Call Number: CR4480 .K9 1964 Book Owner: Roy copy Cataloger: Jennifer Client: Roy Date Added: 11/07/1995 Date Modified: 12/22/2015 Area of the Collection: G Stripe: brn CL1: A04 CL2: A81 CL3: PB Identifier: 95_3523_003ta.jpg Commercial: F

Title: Procession with stool of Asantehene Dates: 1970 Century: 20 culture: Ashanti Medium: environment (human) Subject: Processions subSubject: Stools subSubject: Ashanti subSubject: Africa, African, Akam subSubject: Akan OVM Accession Number: 95 3475 137 Order Number: 3475 Source: Cole, Herbert. The Arts of Ghana. Los Angeles: Museum of Cultural History, University of California, 1977. Page: 137 LC Call Number: NX589.6.G5 C64 Cataloger: Jennifer Client: Roy Date Added: 10/16/1995 Date Modified: 04/08/2016 Area of the Collection: G Stripe: brn CL1: A04 CL2: A81 CL3: F2 Identifier: 95_3475_137.jpg Commercial: F

Title: Eight black stools - Akim Abuakwa State culture: Ashanti Medium: furniture Subject: Furniture subSubject: Stools subSubject: Ashanti subSubject: Africa, African, Akam subSubject: Akan OVM Accession Number: 95 3523 019t Order Number: 3523 Source: Kyerematen, A.A.Y. .Panoply of Ghana. London: Longmans, Green and Co. LTD, 1964. Page: 019t LC Call Number: CR4480 .K9 1964 Book Owner: Roy copy Cataloger: Jennifer Client: Roy Date Added: 11/07/1995 Date Modified: 12/22/2015 Area of the Collection: G Stripe: brn CL1: A04 CL2: A81 CL3: F2 Identifier: 95_3523_019t.jpg Commercial: F

Title: Bwende Niombo Ready For Last Journey Country: Zaire culture: Bwende Medium: sculpture Material: cloth Subject: Figures subSubject: Container subSubject: Burial subSubject: Africa, African, Savannah Zaire OVM Accession Number: P 82 00463 Source: Widman, Ragnar. The Niombo Cult Amoung the Babwende. Stockholm: Etnografiska Museet, 1967. Page: p 29 LC Call Number: GN486 .W53 Cataloger: Mateer Client: Roy Date Added: 00/00/0000 Date Modified: 07/27/2016 Area of the Collection: G Stripe: brn CL1: A11 CL2: B99 CL3: F7 Identifier: P_82_00463.jpg Commercial: F

Title: Bembe Niombo Figure Country: Zaire culture: Bembe Medium: sculpture Material: wood,cloth Subject: Figures subSubject: Niombo subSubject: Cloth subSubject: Africa, African, Savannah Zaire OVM Accession Number: P 85 00787 Source: Arts d'Afrique Noire 1983 Page: no 47,p 54 Cataloger: Mateer Client: Roy Date Added: 00/00/0000 Date Modified: 07/27/2016 Area of the Collection: G Stripe: brn CL1: A11 CL2: B455 CL3: F Identifier: P_85_00787.jpg Commercial: F

Title: Kongo Funerary Figure (Niombo) Country: Congo culture: Kongo Medium: Sculpture Material: cloth Repository Name: Ethnografisken Mus Repository Location: Goteborg,Sweden Subject: Figures subSubject: Funerary subSubject: Niombo subSubject: Africa, African, Savannah Zaire OVM Accession Number: P 82 00557 Source: Thompson, Robert. The Four Moments of the Sun. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1981 Page: fig 21 LC Call Number: NB1099.C6 T5 Cataloger: Mateer Client: Roy Date Added: 00/00/0000 Date Modified: 07/27/2016 Area of the Collection: G Stripe: brn CL1: A11 CL2: K82 CL3: F Identifier: P_82_00557.jpg Commercial: F

Creator: Anonymous Title: Niombo with players of slit-gong (nkonko), ngoma drum, biludi, and root-trumpets (ntamba) Dates: no date culture: Kongo Medium: photography OVM Accession Number: 06-4591 Order Number: 05488 Source: Thompson, Robert Farris and Joseph Cornet subSource: The Four Moments of the Sun : Kongo Art in Two Worlds subSource: Washington, DC : National Gallery of Art, 1981. Page: 72 LC Call Number: NB1099.C6 T5 Cataloger: shannon-cody Client: Roy Date Added: 09/15/2006 Date Modified: 05/17/2016 Area of the Collection: G Stripe: brn Identifier: 06-4591.jpg Commercial: F