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Series
N, Section I AFRICAN ART
See: An Outline of African Art,
separate text:
Series M, for Egyptian art;
Series O-section IV, for Islamic
art in Africa.
N 1 Art Map of Africa
PALEO-AFRICAN ROCK
ART
N 2 Giraffes and
Elephant: rock engraving, Fezzan, Libya
Compare: M 153-154, M 223, rock engravings in France.
N 3 Cattle, Herdsmen, and Hut: painting, Sefar, Tassili, Algeria
Compare: M 30, M 51, Egyptian cattle scenes.
N 4 Running Woman: painting, Inaouanrhat, Tassili, Algeria
N 5 Bushmen Cattle Raid: painting, Orange Free State, South Africa
Compare: M 184, Hunters, Valtorta Gorge, East Spain.
N 6 Superimposed Men and Animals: painting, Mtoko Cave, Zimbabwe
WEST AFRICA: WESTERN
SUDAN
MN 1 Djenne Terracotta
Crouching Female, Private Collection
Compare: N 29,N 46,N 52-53,N 68,N 88-89,N 109,N 149, clay and stone
figures.
MN 2 Great Mosque Quibla Wall, Djenne, Mali
N 7 Dogon Houses and Granaries, Bandiagara, Mali
Compare: N 90, Musgu house; N 93, Bamileke; N 117, Pende.
N 8 Dogon Granary Door, Metropolitan Museum, New York
Compare: N 19, N 74, MN 8, Senufo and Yoruba doors.
N 9 Dogon Tellum Figure and Rider, Musée de l‘Homme, Paris
N 10 Dogon Tellum Figure, Metropolitan Museum, New York
N 11 Dogon Seated Figures, University Museum, Philadelphia; Rietberg
Museum, Zurich
N 12 Dogon Black Monkey, Kanaga, & Satimbe Masks, Musée de
l‘Homme, Paris
N 13 Bamana Standing Females, Metropolitan Museum, New York
N 14 Bamana Seated Females,
Metropolitan
Museum, New York; University Museum, Philadelphia
N 15 Bamana Chi-wara Headdresses, Musée de l‘Homme, Paris
N 16 Bamana N’tomo and Komo Masks, Musée de l‘Homme,
Paris
N 17 Bwa Do Dance Scene and Mask, Metropolitan Museum, New York
Compare: N 27, N 33, N 43, Baga, Dan, Baule dance scenes.
N 18 Mossi Wango Mask & Kurumba Headdress, Museums, Zurich, Paris
N 19 Senufo Door, University Museum, Philadelphia
N 20 Senufo Deble Figures, Rietberg Museum, Zurich; Metropolitan Museum,
New York
N 21 Senufo Standing Hornbill, Metropolitan Museum, New York
N 22 Senufo Firespitter Helmet Mask, Musée de l‘Homme, Paris
N 23 Senufo Kpelie Face Mask, Metropolitan Museum, New York
WEST AFRICA: GUINEA
COAST
N 24 Bijogo Standing
Figures, British Museum, London
N 25 Baga Nimba Shoulder Mask, British Museum, London
N 26 Baga Drum with Female Base, British Museum, London
Compare: N 40, N 143, Baule and Yangere drums.
N 27 Baga-Nalu Banda Dance Scene and Mask, Museum, Berne
N 28 Baga Anok Object & Serpent Kakilambe,
American
Museum of Natural History, New York; Metropolitan Museum, New York
N 29 Kissi Stone Pomdo Head; Sherbro Stone Nomoli Figure,
Metropolitan
Museum, New York; British Museum, London
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MN 3 Sherbro-Portuguese
Ivory Saltcellar, National Museums, Scotland
N 30 Temne and Mende Female Figures, University Museum, Philadelphia
N 31 Mende Bundu Helmet Mask, British Museum, London
N 32 Dan Female Figure and Ladle, Peabody Museum, Cambridge
N 33 Dan Dance Costume and Mask, Peabody Museum, Cambridge
N 34 Dan Face Mask, Metropolitan Museum, New York
N 35 Ngere Face Mask, Metropolitan Museum, New York
N 36 Ngere and Grebo Masks,
American Museum of
Natural History, New York; Metropolitan Museum, New York
N 37 Guro Face Masks, British Museum, London; University Museum, Philadelphia
N 38 Guro and Baule Heddle Pulleys, British Museum, London
N 39 Baule Standing Figures, Metropolitan Museum, New York
N 40 Baule Drum and Harp, Musée de l‘Homme, Paris
N 41 Baule Mouse Oracle and Gbekre Figure, Musée de l‘Homme,
Paris
Compare:N 30, N 122, Mende and Kuba divination objects.
N 42 Baule Face Mask, Musée de l‘Homme, Paris
N 43 Baule Goli Dance Scene and Mask, Institute of Arts, Minneapolis
N 44 Bron & Asante Metal Masks, Metropolitan
Museum, New York;Wallace Collection, London
N 45 Asante Brass Weights for Gold, University Museum, Philadelphia
MN 4 Asante Metal-covered Stool, Private Collection
N 46 Asante Terracotta Head and Brass Kuduo, British Museum, London
N 47 Asante and Fanti Akua’ba Dolls, Art Museum, Seattle
N 48 Asante Adinkira Cloth and Kente Silk, British Museum, London
N 49 Fon Applique Wall Hanging, Musée de l‘Homme, Paris
N 50 Fon King Behanzin with Shark-Features, Musée de l‘Homme,
Paris
N 51 Fon Wrought-Iron God of War Gu, Musée de l‘Homme, Paris
WEST AFRICA: NIGERIA
N 52 Nok Terracotta
Heads,Museums, Jos, Lagos
Compare: N 53,N 89, Ife and Sao terracottas.
MN 5 Nok Terracotta Warrior, Private Collection
MN 6 Igbo-Ukwu Bronze Vessels, Museum, Lagos
N 53 Ife Terracotta Heads, Museum, Ife
N 54 Ife Bronze Mask and Head, Museum, Ife; British Museum, London
N 55 Ife Bronze Oni Figures, Museum, Ife
Compare: N 66-67, Tsoede bronze figures.
MN 7 View of City & Royal Procession by Dapper in 1668, Benin City
N 56 Benin Bronze Head of Queen-Mother, British Museum, London
N 57 Benin Bronze Male Heads, British Museum, London
N 58 Benin Bronze Waist Mask and Cult Head, British Museum, London
N 59 Benin Bronze Dwarf, Museum, Vienna
N 60 Benin Bronze Horseman, Hornblower, Portuguese Crossbowman,
British
Museum, London
N 61 Benin Bronze Plaques of Leopard Hunt and Palace, Museum, Berlin
N 62 Benin Bronze Plaques of Oba and Sacrifice, British Museum, London
N 63 Benin Ivory Pendant Mask of Oba, British Museum, London
Compare: M 34, Egyptian; N 115, N 138, Pende and Lega ivories.
N 64 Benin Ivory Inlaid Leopard, British Museum, London
N 65 Lower Niger Bronze Hunter with Antelope, British Museum, London
N 66 ‘Tsoede Bronze’ Seated Male, Museum, Lagos
N 67 ‘Tsoede Bronze’ Standing Bowman, Museum, Lagos
N 68 Esie Stone Figures House of Images, Esie, Nigeria
N 69 Yoruba Gelede Mask and Egungun Mask, University Museum, Philadelphia
N 70 Yoruba Epa Helmet Mask with Horseman, University Museum, Philadelphia
N 71 Yoruba Shango Staffs, National Museum,
Washington; Metropolitan Museum, New York
N 72 Yoruba Ibeji Twin Figures, British Museum, London
N 73 Yoruba Ogboni Ivories and Brasses, British Museum, London
N 74 Yoruba Palace Door, by Arowogun of Osi, British Museum, London
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MN 8 Yoruba Palace
Door, by Olowe of Ise, British Museum, London
N 75 Bini-Edo Ram Heads, University Museum, Philadelphia; Field Museum,
Chicago
N 76 Nupe Face Mask and Afo Headdress, British Museum, London
N 77 Afo Mother; Caryatid Stool, Horniman Museum, London; Museum, Berlin
MN 9 Mumuye and Mambila Figures, Private Collections
MN 10 Ibo Ikenga and Mbari Shrine, Private Collection; Owerri, Nigeria
N 78 Ibo Mmwo White-faced Mask, University Museum, Philadelphia
N 79 Ibo Ogbom Headdress; Figurine, Museum, Lagos; British Museum, London
N 80 Ibo Terracotta Altarpiece, British Museum, London
N 81 Ijo Kalabari Funerary Screen, British Museum, London
N 82 Ijo Water-Spirit Masks, British Museum, London
N 83 Ijo Ejiri and Kneeling Cup-Bearer, Metropolitan Museum, New York
N 84 Ibibio Ekpo Masks, Museum, Stuttgart; British Museum, London
N 85 Ibibio White-faced Mask, Metropolitan Museum, New York
N 86 Ibibio Oron Figure, Museum, Lagos
N 87 Ekoi-Ejagham Ekkpe Skin-covered Headdresses, British Museum, London
N 88 Ekoi Stone Monolithic Figures, Cross River, Nigeria
CENTRAL AFRICA:
CAMEROON AND GABON
N 89 Sao Terracotta
Figure, Musée de l‘Homme, Paris
Compare: N 52-53, MN l, MN 5, Nok, Ife, Djenne terracottas.
N 90 Musgu Bee-Hive Clay Houses Logone Area, Lake Chad, Cameroon
Compare: N 7, N 93, N 117, Dogon, Bamileke, Pende houses.
N 91 Bafum Cup-Bearer; Bekom Throne, Museums, Berlin, Frankfurt
N 92 Bafum and Bekom Masks, Museum, Berlin
N 93 Bamileke Chief’s House with Ancestors, Bafusam, Cameroon
N 94 Bamileke-Bangwa Standing Male Figure, Metropolitan Museum, New
York
N 95 Bandioun-Bacham Headdress, Rietberg Museum, Zurich
N 96 Barnum Clay and Brass Pipes, University Museum, Zurich
Compare: N 122, Kuba pipe.
N 97 Duala Canoe Prow, Musée Africains & Oceaniens, Paris
N 98 Fang Female Figure, Metropolitan Museum, New York
N 99 Fang Reliquary Head, Metropolitan Museum, New York
N 100 Fang Ngi Mask, Musée de l‘Homme, Paris
N 101 Punu-Ogowe River White-faced Mask, Musée de l‘Homme,
Paris
Compare: O 77, O 151, Oriental heads; N 78, Ibo white-faced mask.
N 102 Kota Metal Reliquary Figures, Musée de l‘Homme, Paris
N 103 Kota Wood Reliquary Figure on Stool, University Museum, Philadelphia
CENTRAL AFRICA:
ZAIRE (CONGO), LOWER AND WESTERN
N 104 Kwele Face
Mask, Metropolitan Museum, New York
N 105 Kuyu Helmet Mask, Museum, Frankfurt
N 106 Teke Kidumu Mask, Musée de l‘Homme, Paris
N 107 Teke Power-Figure, Museum, Tervuren
N 108 Bembe Seated Figure, University Museum, Zurich
N 109 Kongo Seated Mothers & Child,
Metropolitan Museum, New York;British Museum, London
N 110 Kongo Nail Power-Figure, University Museum, Philadelphia
Compare: N 127, N 130, Songe and Luba power-figures.
N 111 Mbala Mother and Child, Museum, Antwerp
N 112 Hungana Power-Figure, Museum, Berlin
N 113 Suku and Yaka Power-Figures, Museum, Tervuren
N 114 Suku and Yaka Helmet Masks, University Museum, Philadelphia
N 115 West Pende Wood and Ivory Masks, University Museum, Philadelphia
Compare: N 63, N 138, Benin and Lega ivory masks.
N 116 East Pende Magical Figure & Mask, American Museum of Natural
History, New York
N 117 East Pende Chief’s House and Roof Finial, Museum, Tervuren
Compare: N 93, Bamileke chief’s house, Cameroon.
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CENTRAL AFRICA:
ZAIRE (CONGO), CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
Note: Rotse, Shona,
Southern Africa in later section.
N 118 Kuba Royal
Portrait Statues, British Museum, London; Museum, Tervuren
N 119 Kuba Mboom and Mashamboy Helmet Masks, Museum, Tervuren
N 120 Kuba Shene-Malula and Dance Masks, Museums, Berlin, Tervuren
N 121 Kuba Raffia Pile-Cloth, Box, and Cup, British Museum, London
Compare: N 33,N 48-49, Dan, Asante and Fon cloth.
N 122 Kuba Pipe, Ladle, and Oracle Implement, Art Museum, Seattle
Compare: N 30, N 41, oracle implements; N 96, Bamum pipes.
N 123 Dengese Royal Statues, Museum, Tervuren;University Museum, Zurich
N 124 Lulua Chieftain and Mother & Child, Museum, Tervuren
N 125 Jokwe (Chokwe) Chair and Male Mask, Museum, Tervuren
Compare: N 91,N 145, N 147, Bekom, Nyamwezi, Shona.
N 126 Jokwe Prince and Female Figure, Museum, Berlin
N 127 Songe Power-Figures, British Museum, London;Museum, Tervuren
N 128 Songe Kifwebe Mask, University Museum, Philadelphia
N 129 Songe and Luba Kifwebe Masks, Museum, Tervuren
N 130 Songe and Luba Power-Figures, British Museum, London
N 131 Luba-Hemba Female Figures, British Museum, London;Museum, Tervuren
N 132 Luba-Hemba Caryatid Stool & Bowl-Bearer, University Museum,
Philadelphia
N 133 Luba Buli Caryatid Stools, British Museum, London;Museum, Tervuren
N 134 Luba Buli Bowl-Bearer, Museum, Tervuren
N 135 Luba Horned Helmet Mask, Museum, Tervuren
CENTRAL AFRICA:
ZAIRE (CONGO), EASTERN AND NORTHERN
Note: Bar Nyamwezi,
Makonde in following section.
N 136 Wabembe-Sikasingo
Male Figure, Museum, Tervuren
N 137 Wabembe Alunga Helmet Mask, Museum, Tervuren
N 138 Lega Ivory and Wood Bwame Masks, Museum, Tervuren
N 139 Lega Bwame Statuettes, Museum, Tervuren
N 140 Mbole and Metoko Standing Figures, Museum, Tervuren
Compare: N 144, Ban and Konso figures.
N 141 Zande and Mangbetu Female Figures.
British Museum, London; Museum, Tervuren,
N 142 Mangbetu Bow-Harp and Clay Effigy Jar, Rietberg Museum, Zurich
N 143 Yangere Slit-Drum as Bush-Cow, Musée de l‘Homme, Paris
Compare: N 26,N 40, Baga and Baule drums.
EASTERN AND SOUTHERN
AFRICA
Note:rock art earlier; Egyptian art in Series M.
N 144 Ban and Konso
Funerary Figures, Museums, Berlin, Rome
Compare: N 140, N 150, Mbole and Madagascar figures.
N 145 Nyamwezi Throne and Zaramo Funerary Figure, Museum, Berlin
N 146 Makonde Female Figure and Face Mask, Museum, Stuttgart
Compare: M 96, Egyptian relief of Nubians; N 125-126, Jokwe.
N 147 Rotse Dish Cover and Shona Headrest, British Museum, London
N 148 Palace-Citadel and Conical Tower, Great Zimbabwe
Compare: N 7, Dogon; O 501, Aleppo; O 66, O 72, India and Ceylon.
N 149 Zimbabwe Stone Figure, Tishman Collection
N 150 Madagascar Aloala Funerary Posts, Musée de l‘Homme,
Paris
Compare: N 144-145, Konso, Zaramo; N 154-157, Indonesian art.
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