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The name of its country of origin comes from a Shona word meaning "venerate house" or "house of stone."
What is the Circular Wall of Great Zimbabwe?
Ngangas crafted and held onto this statues that protected Kongo communities from negative forces.
What is the Power Figure?
This mask is a part of a ceremony for young girls transitioning into womenhood.
What is the Bundu Mask of the Mende people?
Because of their lack of civilized government, the Igbo people made these sculptures to celebrate individual successes.
What are Ikenga?
They also often have tattoos, scarification, hair, earrings, and ideal features that men desired in women: small mouths, snatched noses, big foreheads, and a healthy complexion.
What is the Pwo mask?
These details with different meanings make each Pwo mask unique.
What are tattoos?
Stored wheat and displayed it's leader's power
What is The Conical Tower and Circular Wall of Great Zimbabwe?
Held the soul of the Asante people
What is the Sika dwa ko?
What is the Bundu Mask from the Mende people?
A stylized figure darkened to black by patina
What is the Portrait mask of the Balay People?
Originating in Benin, this mask features a beard made of Portuguese heads and has mudfish details on the head.
What is the Ivory Belt Mask?
This mosque served as the religious and power epicenter of Djenne.
What is The Great Mosque of Djenne?
Emphasized head (1/3) with geometric motifs.
What is the Ndop portrait figure?
What is Zimbabwe?
The largest mudbuilt structure
What is the great mosque of Djenne?
This is the degree of all interior vertices in the rectilinear Great Mosque of Djenne.
What is 270 degrees?
Holds the essence of the souls of the Ashantan Kings.
What is the Golden Stool (Sika dwa kofi)?
What is the Power Figure?
Made by artist who utilize the lost wax casting technique.
This country is associated with a memory aid created by the Luba people.
What is the Democratic Republic of the Congo?
These fibers hang from the bottom of the Bundu mask to cover the face of the wearer.
What are raffia fibers?
Communicates the accomplishments of the leader of that era.
What is the Ndop of King Mishe miShyaang maMbul?
Features diagonal lines that show the relationship between the king and queen.
What is Veranda post of enthroned king and senior wife?
What is the Aka elephant mask?
Once the owner of it died it was usually destroyed, though sometimes it was passed on.
What is the Ikenga?