Art HistoryAfrican Art

How to impress your courtiers: a lesson from the Kingdom of Benin

Benin Plaques, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Speakers: Dr. Kathryn Gunsch, Teel Curator of African and Oceanic Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and Dr....

Keeping your loved ones close: a Kota reliquary figure

Kota reliquary figure (mbulu ngulu), late 19th to early 20th century, Gabon, wood, copper, brass, and bone, 59.69 cm high (Museum of Fine Arts,...

D’mba mask (Baga peoples)

D'mba mask (Baga peoples, Guinea), 19th-20th century, wood, 118.1 x 35.3 x 67.5 cm (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) Speakers: Dr. Peri Klemm and Dr....

Lost History: the terracotta sculpture of Djenné Djenno

Seated figure, 13th century, Mali, Inland Niger Delta (Djenné peoples), terracotta, 25.4 x 29.9cm (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) ARCHES: At Risk Cultural Heritage...

Male Head, Nok culture

Male Head, c. 550-50 B.C.E., Nok culture, Nigeria, terra-cotta, 30/5 x 19.1 x 24.1 cm (The Brooklyn Museum) Speakers: Dr. Peri Klemm and Dr. Beth...

Power Figure: Male (Nkisi)

Power Figure: Male (Nkisi), 19th-mid 20th century, Kongo peoples, wood, pigment, nails, cloth, beads, shells, arrows, leather, nuts and twine, 58.8 x 26 x...

Couple (Dogon peoples)

Dogon Couplehttps://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-africa/west-africa/mali1/v/the-artist-project-willie-cole?utm_source=YT&utm_medium=Desc&utm_campaign=arthistory source

Fang Reliquary Figure

Reliquary Guardian Figure (Eyema-o-Byeri), Gabon, Fang peoples, mid 18th to mid 19th century, wood and iron, 58.4 cm high (Brooklyn Museum) Speakers: Dr. Peri...

El Anatsui, Untitled

El Anatsuihttps://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-africa/west-africa/mali1/v/bundle-of-emotions?utm_source=YT&utm_medium=Desc&utm_campaign=arthistory source