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    This document provides information on various artworks from African cultures between 800 AD to present day, including a portrait of a king from Ife, Nigeria created using the lost-wax process, a Kongo power figure carved from wood that was used to bless or harm, Mende tribe masks from Sierra Leone made from wood and fur with heightened foreheads symbolizing wisdom, and a Benin bronze head of a woman created using the lost-wax process. It also mentions kente cloth from the Asante people of Ghana but does not provide details on what kente cloth is or its function.

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    This document provides information on various artworks from African cultures between 800 AD to present day, including a portrait of a king from Ife, Nigeria created using the lost-wax process, a Kongo power figure carved from wood that was used to bless or harm, Mende tribe masks from Sierra Leone made from wood and fur with heightened foreheads symbolizing wisdom, and a Benin bronze head of a woman created using the lost-wax process. It also mentions kente cloth from the Asante people of Ghana but does not provide details on what kente cloth is or its function.

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    This document provides information on various artworks from African cultures between 800 AD to present day, including a portrait of a king from Ife, Nigeria created using the lost-wax process, a Kongo power figure carved from wood that was used to bless or harm, Mende tribe masks from Sierra Leone made from wood and fur with heightened foreheads symbolizing wisdom, and a Benin bronze head of a woman created using the lost-wax process. It also mentions kente cloth from the Asante people of Ghana but does not provide details on what kente cloth is or its function.

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    Art of Africa A.D.

    Portrait of a King
    800-present
    Lost -wax Process
    (copper)

    Ife, Nigeria
    Vertical lines on the face
    Represent ornamental
    scars , to indicate ethnic
    identity
    Kongo Tribe:
    Power Figure
    Medium: wood, nails,
    blades, shells
    Used to bless, harm,
    cause death or give life!
    Fetish : an object

    believed to have magical powers.


    Mende Tribe Masks
    of Sierra Leone.
    Wood and Fur.
    Heightened
    Forehead-
    symbolizes wisdom.
    Draw your own
    headdress.
    Kente Cloth, Asante
    people, Ghana, Africa.
    What is a Kente Cloth and what
    function did the kente cloth have in
    the lives of the people in the
    Asante Kingdom?
    Benin Tribe:
    Head of a Woman
    Brass / Bronze Cast
    (Lost Wax Process)
    This process is illustrated on
    the next slide.

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