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African
Art
and
European
Contact
Reading:
H.
Gene
Blocker,
“Is
Primi=ve
Art
Art?”
pp.
87-‐97.
Range:
500
BCE-‐1500
CE
Nok,
Ife,
Benin,
Sapi
Terms/Concepts:
lost-‐wax
cas=ng,
primi=ve,
primi=vism,
othering,
savannah,
living
rock,
cruciform,
toron,
Oba,
ama,
manilla,
Olokun,
saltcellar
Monument
List:
TerracoQa
Head,
Nok
Culture,
Lagos,
Nigeria,
c.
500
BCE-‐200
BCE.
Crowned
Head
of
a
King
(Oni),
Ife,
Yoruba,
12th-‐15th
Century
CE
Hip
Mask
Represen=ng
an
Iyoba
(“Queen
Mother”),
Benin,
Middle
Period,
c.
1550
CE
Master
of
the
Symbolic
Execu=on,
saltcellar,
Sapi-‐
Portuguese,
from
Sierra
Leone,
ca.
1490-‐1540.