Brühl, Germany, 1891–Paris, 1976
And as if that were not enough, the Hopi idols, Northwest Coast wolf mask, New Guinea
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Commissioned by Érèsoyẹ̀n (r. ca. 1735–50), Benin City; by descent to Òvá»�Ì�nránmwẹ̀ (r. 1889–97); taken from the Royal Palace in 1897 during the British military occupation of Benin; (Henry Stevens, Stevens Auction Rooms, London, 1898); Pitt-Rivers Museum, Farnham, Dorset, UK, 1898–1972; [K
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“This large region is primarily rural and agricultural with several large coastal cities populated predominantly by Arabic traders. Elaborate mosques and palaces reflect the Islamic influence in the use of barrel vaulting and ornate decorative motifs on doors and windows. In the area that is now Zimbabwe, traditions of monumental stone architecture initiated by the Great Zimbabwe culture continue on a smaller scale. Beginning in the ninth century, trade networks link East Africa to Asia and the Middle East. This period is marked by first encounters with Europeans, primarilyPortuguese traders, and subsequent struggles for control over the Indian Ocean trade networks.”
Guinea Coast, 1400–1600 A.D. Western and Central Sudan, 1400–1600 A.D.
Sean Connelly’s Spheric Oceania offers an alternative cartography, mapping Oceania as a cosmic container of ancestral connection.
and the Marshall Islands), larger and densely forested islands (such as Papua New Guinea
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sculpture from West and Central Africa; images of gods, ancestors, and spirits from New Guinea
“Christian Ethiopia’s political and territorial decline, which began in the sixteenth century, continues throughout this period due in part to encroachment by pastoral peoples and emergent Muslim states such as Harar, in western Ethiopia. Efforts to unify the Ethiopian Church and restore security and prosperity to the kingdom produce a period of artistic florescence centered at the capital city of Gondar. Along the East African coast, first Portugal and then the sultanate of Oman gain control of Swahili economic centers; Mombasa, in modern-day Kenya, becomes an important state in the eighteenth century under Omani rule.”
Guinea Coast, 1600–1800 A.D. Southern Africa, 1600–1800 A.D.
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[Power associations] are dynamic institutions that respond to local contexts and historical change and thus exhibit great variability.
primarily concentrated in communities of Mali, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, and Guinea
