African Art

Nok Art

Nok Head

from Jemaa, Nigeria

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

Nok Head

from Jemaa, Nigeria

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

Igbo-Ukwu Art

Equestrian figure on fly-whisk hilt

from Igbo-Ukwu, Nigeria

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

Ife Art

King

from Ife, Nigeria

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

Benin Art

Ivory belt mask of a Queen Mother (Idia)

from Benin, Nigeria

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

Altar of the Hand

from Benin, Nigeria

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

Warrior Chief and Attendants

from Benin, Nigeria

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

Djenne Art

Mother and Child

from Djenne, Mali

11th to 14th centuryterracotta11 in. high

Sapi Art

Sapi warrior

from Sierra Leone

15th centuryserpentine7 1/2 in. high

Master of the Symbolic ExecutionSaltcellar

Sapi-Portuguese from Sierra Leone

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

Great Zimbabwe

Bird with crocodile image on top of stone monolith

from Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe

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