African Art William V. Ganis, PhD. Today you are an art critic For each work of art 1.Write the...

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African Art William V. Ganis, PhD

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African Art

William V. Ganis, PhD

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Today you are an art critic

• For each work of art1.Write the title2.Write a description of what you

see3.Tell what you think of it

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Nok Art

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Nok Head

from Jemaa, Nigeria

5th century B.C.E.terracotta9 13/16 in. high

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Nok Head

from Jemaa, Nigeria

5th century B.C.E.terracotta14 3/16 in. high

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Igbo-Ukwu Art

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Equestrian figure on fly-whisk hilt

from Igbo-Ukwu, Nigeria

9th to 10th centurycopper -alloy bronze6 3/4 in. high

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Ife Art

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King

from Ife, Nigeria

11th to 12th centuryzinc brass18 1/2 in. high

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Benin Art

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Ivory belt mask of a Queen Mother (Idia)

from Benin, Nigeria

mid-16th centuryivory and iron9 3/8 in. high

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Altar of the Hand

from Benin, Nigeria

17th to 18th centurybrass17 1/2 in. high

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Warrior Chief and Attendants

from Benin, Nigeria

ca. 1550-1650brass18 3/4 in. high

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Djenne Art

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Mother and Child

from Djenne, Mali

11th to 14th centuryterracotta11 in. high

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Eastern façade of Friday Mosque

Djenne, Mali

13th century, rebuilt 1906-07

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Sapi Art

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Sapi warrior

from Sierra Leone

15th centuryserpentine7 1/2 in. high

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Master of the Symbolic ExecutionSaltcellar

Sapi-Portuguese from Sierra Leone

15th to 16th centuryivory16 7/8 in. high

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Great Zimbabwe

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Conical Tower

from Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe

15th century

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Conical Tower

from Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe

15th century

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Bird with crocodile image on top of stone monolith

from Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe

15th centurysoap stonebird image 14 1/2 in. high

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