Western Africa - Visual Arts

The Yoruba people of Nigeria, in the 11th century, made sculptures of

• bronze and copper

• silver and gold

• grass and dirt

• diamonds and pearls

Sculptures were used to

• Look really cool

• call upon the spirits to help them in every phase of life

• nice decorations, it really brightens up the place

represent the oldest terra-cotta structures discovered.

• My mom did that

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• The Nok culture of 500 to 200 BCE

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By the 16th century, Benin artist were making sculptures

• That represented Zeus

• that showed the kings power and authority

Wooden masks have been apart of the African Culture for centuries

• true

• false

were used during ceremonies, in performances, and in sacred rites

• wooden masks

• sculptures

• acting

• backflips

is made up by sewing narrow strips of silk together to tell a symbolic story

• kente cloth

• the sewing machine

• silk

• fabric

story fabrics

• tell me something

• fabric made of stories

• depict the story of an event

• stories made of fabric

stamp fabrics represent (HINT: select all of them

• proverbs

• historical figures

• objects

• plants and animals

textiles...

• are both beautiful and symbolic

• like texting on my phone?

• like the tiles on my floor?