Early African Art South from the Sahara

“The continent of Africa is too large to describe. It is a veritable ocean, a separate planet, a varied, immensely rich cosmos. Only with the greatest simplification, for the sake of convenience, can we say “Africa”. In reality, except as a geographical appellation, Africa does not exist.” Ryszard Kaperscinki

15-1 Running woman, rock painting, from Tassili (Inauouanrhat), Algeria, ca BCE

Nok Head from Rafin Kura, Nigeria ca. 500 BCE CE Terracotta, 1’2’’ high National Museum, Ligos

Head from Lydenburg, Africa, ca CE, terracotta, 15” high by 10” by 10”.

Equestrian figure on fly-whisk hilt -Lost-wax cast bronze -Niger -Tombs -Power

Mother with Children ●Jenna Terracotta ●Form ●Function ●Content ●Context ●Snake Goddess Inland Niger Delta, Mali (Western Sudan)

King from Ife 15-6 King, from Ife, Nigeria, 11th to 12th century. Zinc brass.

15-7 Walls and tower, Great Enclosure, Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe, 14th century

15-8 Bird with Crocodile, Stone Monolith, Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe 15th Century

15-9 Beta Medhane Alem church, Lalibela, Ethiopia, 14th century

from Benin, Nigeria mid 16th century Ivory and Iron 9 ⅜ inches high Ivory Belt Mask of a Queen Mother

Master of Symbolic Execution 15th-16th century