Art 4201 Studyguide 3a

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NORTHWEST AFRICA (cont'd)

Cameroon: Bamum palace, Foumban. Recons. Plan, e. 20th C. ABW 2.22 1905 photo
1911 Harvest Festival ΦCameroon: Throne of King Nsa’ngu. L. 19th C. Wood, glass beads, cowrie shells. 68 ½” H. ABW 2.21
ΦCameroon: King Njoya enthroned before Foumban palace portal. 1912. ABW 2.20  

Cameroon. Beaded bowl figure. Kom, Laikom. C. 1900. 28”H. Carlos

Cameroon. Bamum. Royal stool. 68” H

Cameroon. BaMileke. Carved beaded wooden throne. 46”H 19th C. Detroit

 Ivory Coast. Anyi. Mother and Child figure. Blackened wood. 19th-20th c. 19"

ΦMali. Dogon. Seated couple. 19th-20th C. wood, metal. 28 ¾” H. NWA 15

Mali. Dogon. Ancestor figure.

Mali. Dogon. Ancestor figure.

Southern Niger. Fulani (Wodaabe) men at a Gerewol. 1980s

Southern Niger. Fulani (Wodaabe) men at a Gerewol. 1980s

Fulani (Wodaabe) women at Gerewol. Southern Niger, 1980s Mali. Fulani woman in Market, Mopti. 1970s

Cameroon. Kuosi society elephant masks inperformance. 1985.

Ivory Coast, Senufo. Brass mask in performance at funeral. Boundialiana. 1950s

No. Guinea. Nalu Bandu masquerades, Koukouba. 1950s

Ivory Coast: Guro culture. Spirit mask in performance. 1950s. 25-17

Burkina Faso: Bwa. Dossi masks in performance. 25-16

Burkina Faso: Bwa. Pa village: serpent, monkey, buffalo masks in performance. 1984

Senegal: Bassari male initiates. 1980

Mali: Dogon. Kanaga mask. E. 20th C. 25-14

ΦKanaga masks in performance. ABW 2.1

Mali: Bamana: Chi Wara headdress: antelope w. young on back. 31 ¼”H 

 

ΦMali: Bamana: Chi Wara male headdress: antelope.  ABW 2.25

Mali: Bamana: Chi Wara headdress: male and female dance crests in performance.

Mali: Jenne. Adobe house. After 16th C.  façade

Façade features, plans

  ΦMali: Jenne: Great Mosque.14th C. ABW 2.24, NWA 6

Interior

closer view

Cameroon: Fumban Chapel, thatched building

Cameroon: Bafut: square house w. thatching.

Nankani compound plan, house section

Ghana:  Sirigu: Nankani compound. 1972

Ivory Coast: Senufo wooden mask

ΦIvory Coast: Senufo: door. Mid 20th C. NWA 13

Senufo wooden door

ΦIvory Coast: Baule: Ancestor figure blolo bian. 24.8”H.  NWA 14

Ivory Coast: Baule: ancestor figure. 21” H

Ivory Coast: Baule:  blolo bla figure (spirit spouse). 20th C. see NWA 14  25-01

Burkina Faso: Lobi culture. Boteba (spirit figure). 19th C. wood, 31” H. 25-7

Sierra Leone: Mende Nowo Helmet mask.  18 7/8”

20th C. 25-5

Sierra Leone: Mende Sowe Mask. 19th –20th C. wood, raffia, copper alloy. 25”H. Carlos.

Guinea: Baga drum, for funerals &c. 44”H

another

Congo: AzandeSanza (Thumb piano). 19th C. wood. 24”H

Sierra Leone: Sapi/Portuguese Salt cellar. 15th-16th C. Ivory, 17”H

another

Ghana: Ashanti culture: kente cloth. 20th C. silk.  6’11” X 4’4”.

So Kenya: Massai procession in honor of warriors (Moran). 1980s

Ghana: Ashanti: Bronze procession.

Benin: Fon: Brass and wood procession.

Ghana: Ashanti: Spokesperson’s staff – finial. 20th C. wood, gold. 11 ¼”H

Ashanti gathering with spokespersons staff

ΦGhana: Ashanti akuaba fetish. Wood, glass beads, string. 10 3/8” H. NWA 10 side view

AFRICAN DIASPORA/Modern Africa

ΦBath, South Carolina: face vessel. C. 1850. stoneware, ash glaze. 8 ¾”H. ABW 2.26

Magdalene Odundo. Asummetrical angled piece. 1991. red clay. 17” H

Elimo Njau. Milking.  1972. o/cloth. 20 X 15 ¾”

Iba N’Diaye. À qui la Tour? (Whose Turn Is It?) 1970. o/c. 4’11”H

Ghana: funeral procession with fish-shaped coffin, 1992. + 5 more images

 

Robert Colescott. Les Demoiselles d’Alabama, vestidas.  1985. acr/c. 96 X 92”  

 

ΦHarriet Powers. Pictorial quilt. 1895-98. pieced. Appliquéd, printed cotton, embroidered w. plain, metallic yarns.  5’9”  8’9”  ABW 2.27

another

Faith Ringold. Story quilt: Tar Beach. 1988 Faith Ringgold.  Who's Bad?

Romare Bearden. SheBa. 1970. collage/comp bd. 48 X 36”

Romare Bearden. Prevalence of Ritual: The Baptism.  1964. MM. 9 1/8 X 12”

James Hampton with his creation

ΦJames Hampton.  Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations’ Millennium General Assembly.  1950-64. Gold & silver aluminum foil, kraft paper, and plastic sheets, over wood, paperboard, glass. 10’6”

ABW 2.28