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Central and West African Visual Arts
An Overview Copyright 2015, Sean William Doyle
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Major Visual Arts of Central and West Africa
Architecture Sculpture Painting Calligraphy Copyright 2015, Sean William Doyle
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Mbari House Time: 20th century CE Source Culture: Igbo Purpose: mud houses constructed as sacrifices to major deities, most typically the goddess of the earth, Ala Copyright 2015, Sean William Doyle
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Female head Time: 500 BCE-200 BCE Source Culture: Nok Purpose: clay portraits of possibly high-ranking persons or the ancestral dead Copyright 2015, Sean William Doyle
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Standing Oni Time: ca. 950 CE-1400 CE Source Culture: Ife Purpose: bronze depiction of an Oni, divine king, which emphasizes the ideal of the head over the body Copyright 2015, Sean William Doyle
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Bronze Plaque Time: ca CE-1680 CE Source Culture: Benin Purpose: bronze relief depiction of the Oba, divine king, in which size and location indicates social status Copyright 2015, Sean William Doyle
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Akuaba Time: late 19th and early 20th century CE Source Culture: Asante Purpose: a fertility object depicting the ideal baby Copyright 2015, Sean William Doyle
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Ere Ibeji Time: before 1877 Source Culture: Yoruba Purpose: painted wood statue intended as the vessel for the spirit of a deceased twin child Copyright 2015, Sean William Doyle
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Primordial Couple Time: late 19th and early 20th century CE Source Culture: Dogon Purpose: wood and metal statue depicting the primordial couple who created the Dogon people Copyright 2015, Sean William Doyle
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Great Mosque at Mopti Time: 20th century CE Source Culture: Mali Purpose: Islamic Mosque Copyright 2015, Sean William Doyle
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