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STRATIGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE
The Precambrian. The Precambrian landmass in Africa comprises four groups of interconnected crayons (immobile parts of the /earch, usually of large size). These are firstly, the West African Craton, which became stable about 2,000,000,000 years ago and which today comprises the states of Mauritania, Mali, Guinea, Liberal, the Ivory Coast, Ghana and the western Ahaggar (Hoggar) mountain...
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The Precambrian. The Precambrian landmass in Africa comprises four groups of interconnected crayons (immobile parts of the /earch, usually of large size). These are firstly, the West African Craton, which became stable about 2,000,000,000 years ago and which today comprises the states of Mauritania, Mali, Guinea, Liberal, the Ivory Coast, Ghana and the western Ahaggar (Hoggar) mountain...
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Ekoi-speaking peoples. The Ekoi-speaking peoples (Anyang, Boki, Ejagham, Kraka, and Yako) are best known for their large skin-covered masks, which have two or even three faces, and for their smaller headpieces, which represent a heard or an entire figure. The headpieces and masks have metal teeth, inlaid eyes, and frequently pegs to represent hair which, alternatively, may be carved in elaborate coils.
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Ibibio. The oldest sculptures of the Ibibio are several hundred ancestor figures, ekpu, of the Oron, some of which are thought o date from the late 18th century.fThey are bearded figures three to four feet (90 to 120 centimetres) high., so individual as to suggest portraiture, despite their abstract style. Most of them were allegedly burned by Biafran troops in the Nigerian civil war (1967—70). The Expo society ...
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Edo peoples. Benin. According to traditions in Benin, the dynasty was founded from Ife, from whence, in the late 14th century, knowledge of brass casting was introduced for the manufacture of commemorative heads for royal alters. These heads have been grouped in stylistic sequence from moderate naturalism, thought be inspired by Ife models (one Ife figure having been found in Benin), through increasing stylization,
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The sites of Florin, Esie, and Owo. To the north, in the Florin area, the artistic impact of Islām can be seen in house posts and other secular sculptures carved in geometric forms. Nearby is Esie, where about 800 sculptures in soapstone were found by the local Yoruba population some centuries ago. Their origin is obscure: a few features can be paralleled at Nok, others at Ice, others at Jena and at Igbo Ukwu; ...
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Anyi, Fanti and Brong. The Anyi separated from Ashanti in the second half of the 19th century. In the area, terra-cotta heads and figures have been found which are thought to be commemorative and to date from the 19th century Their queen-mother figures, carved in wood, have great elegance. There Fanti make dolls with tall, rectangular heads.. The Brong have a special reputation as skilled brass casters.
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Temne. The art of the Temne has been little studied; one very elegant female figure has been repeatedly illustrated, and a few striking masks that resemble the hippopotamus are known. These masks are reportedly used by member software the Rabble, or m=Maneke, society on the death of a chief.
Mende and Sherbro. The Mende are best known for smooth, black, cloche-shaped bunda masks (see Figure-1), representing...
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Mende and Sherbro. The Mende are best known for smooth, black, cloche-shaped bunda masks (see Figure-1), representing...
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Groups in the Cameroon grasslands area. The Cameroon grasslands area can be divided into three stylistic areas. The Bamileke area is composed of a number of separate chiefdoms, the best known being the Gangwa and the Bacham. Hunan figures are composed of a highly expressive blend of rounded and angular forms. The Baum, a large kingdom whose dynasty is from Tikal, has developed roundness of sculptural form almost...
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Ago. The most important of the groups known from relatively few pieces is the Afo, who live just north of the confluence of the Niger and Benue rivers. Best know for mother-and-child figures, which apparently represent the tutelary spirit of the village, their carvings have been found among many of their neighbours. They also employ enormous bush-cow masks covered with detachable small figures; high abstracted...
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Nafana. The Nafana and their neighbours use flat masks known as bedu, which appear in pairs, the male about five and the female about seven feet (150 and 210 centimetres, respectively) tall. They appear every night for a month at the winter solstice, blessing every house in the village against disease and misfortune. They are also used for funerals.
Fulami. The Fulani are basically nomadic pastoralists who ...
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Fulami. The Fulani are basically nomadic pastoralists who ...
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Bambara, Malinke, and Marka. The Bambara have six societies to which males can belong, and each has its own type of mask, The Ntomo is for your boys before circumcision. their masks have a line of vertical projections placed transversely over the human face, representing man as God firs created him. The Komo is the custodian of tradition and is concerned with all aspects of community life—agriculture, judicial ...
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