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Vocab
Art Works
Culture
Key Concepts
Things&Stuff
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Byeri translates to
What is ancestor
100
The large majority of African art is made of this material
What is wood
100
Female Pwo masks honor female ancestors because
What is ancestry is traced through mother's lines. OR brings fertility and prosperity
100
Most African art is made of
What is wood, ivory, or metal
100
The population of Great Zimbabwe at it's peak was
What is 18,000
200
Nkisi Nn'kondi represents
What is both positive and negative spiritual forces
200
Wood, Woven Raffia, Cloth and Beads make up the
What is the Aka Elephant Mask
200
These are the three main subject matters of African Art
What is spirituality, initiation, and ancestors
200
Fang people used ---- oil on their Byeri for protection
What is palm oil
300
Mblo is a public ritual to honor
What is distinguished community members
300
Portrait Mask of Moya Yanso is commissioned by
What is the husband for his wife
300
The Lukasa memory board can only be read by
What is Mbudye Society
300
Art could be comissioned by anyone (true or false)
What is false. It was only commisioned by people of power
300
The first Oba of the edo people to ride a horse was
Who is Oba Esigi
400
Ndop statues are idealized statues of
What is Kuba leaders in the 20th century
400
The Ikenga shrine figures are from this time period
What is 19th-20th century
400
The Kongo peoples activated power figures by...
What is inserting blades/nails to activate spitits in addition to rubbing ans applying powder to statues and chanting.
400
Most African art was symbolic and not meant to be functional (true or false)
What is false. Although it was symbolic, it was almost always used in performances or was otherwise functional in life.
400
The Grea Zimbaabwe's economy thrived on
What is cattle husbandry, crop cultivation, and trading gold
500
Ikenga is
What is a deity in Igbo culture
500
Sika Dwa Kofi is another name for
What is the Golden Stool
500
The symbol of the king in this culture is a drum with a severed hand
What is the Kuba people
500
African art is very based on the real world (true or false)
What is false. Art is mostly concerned with ideas, not tangible objects.
500
In the Aka Elephant mask, frogs mean
What is fertility