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Brass Goldweight: Antelope with Large Horizontal Horns

'Despite the stylized twist in the bodies of each of these two antelope figures, the Asante artist has captured accurately the impression of a resting antelope in each. The delicate facial features, the spiral twisting of the tiny horns, and the position of the tail illustrates sensitive observation of these animals. These figures may express one or both of the Asante proverbs: “When the antelope is unhappy, it is the hunter who is the cause,” and “Let the antelope rot in the hollow of the tree!” '

Brass Goldweight: Antelope with Large Horizontal Horns Asante culture 20th century (before 1985) Brass, L. 3.5 cm x W. .9 cm x H. 3 cm Stoneman Collection #1985.125A

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Akan gold sculpture of a water buffalo

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Akan gold mask pendant

https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ao/web-large/2.44R3_98C.jpg

https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ao/web-large/2.67.BR3_98D.jpg

Memorial head

Date:
ca. 1800
Geography:
Ghana, Twifo-Heman traditional area (?)
Culture:
Akan peoples
Medium:
Terracotta
Dimensions:
H. x W.: 8 1/2 x 6 in. (21.6 x 15.2 cm)
Classification:
Ceramics-Sculpture
Credit Line:
The Kronos Collections

https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ao/web-large/DP251936.jpg

Agnibilécro-Kangah, chief of the Anyi

Date:
Early 20th century
Geography:
Côte d’Ivoire
Medium:
Postcard
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 5/16 x 3 7/16 in. (13.5 x 8.7 cm)
Classification:
Paper
Credit Line:
Holly W. Ross Postcard Collection

https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ao/web-large/2.80.altR1_98E.jpg

A large mmaso in the southern Anyi traditional area of Sanwi

Date:
ca. 1900
Geography:
Côte d’Ivoire
Medium:
Postcard
Dimensions:
Other: 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (8.9 x 14 cm)
Classification:
Paper
Credit Line:
Holly W. Ross Postcard Collection

https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ao/web-large/2.82.CR1_98E.jpg

Memorial figure of a priest

Date:
18th–early 20th century
Geography:
Krinjabo(?), Sanwi
Culture:
Akan peoples, Anyi group
Medium:
Terracotta
Dimensions:
H. x W. x D.: 16 x 5 x 8 in. (40.6 x 12.7 x 20.3 cm)
Classification:
Ceramics-Sculpture




Not art, but an interesting photo:

https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ao/web-large/DP251937.jpg

His Highness Boua Kouassi, king of the Anyi

Date:
ca. 1910–15
Geography:
Côte d’Ivoire
Medium:
Postcard
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 7/16 x 5 7/16 in. (8.7 x 13.8 cm)
Classification:
Paper
Credit Line:
Holly W. Ross Postcard Collection

https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ao/web-large/2.52R2_98C.jpg

Clan vessel

Date:
20th century, before 1962
Geography:
Ghana
Culture:
Akan peoples
Medium:
Terracotta
Dimensions:
H. x W. x D.: 12 1/8 x 8 7/8 x 9 1/8 in. (30.6 x 22.7 x 23.2 cm)
Classification:
Ceramics-Sculpture
Credit Line:
Musée du Quai Branly, Paris (73.1962.8.21)

https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ao/web-large/2.66.BR2_98D.jpg

Memorial head

Date:
ca. 1800
Geography:
Ghana, Twifo-Heman traditional area (?)
Culture:
Akan peoples
Medium:
Terracotta
Dimensions:
H. x W. x D.: 9 x 5 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. (22.9 x 14.6 x 11.4 cm)
Classification:
Ceramics-Sculpture
Credit Line:
Private collection

https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ao/web-large/2.69r2_98D.jpg

Memorial head

Date:
18th century
Geography:
Ghana, Twifo-Heman traditional area(?)
Culture:
Akan peoples
Medium:
Terracotta
Dimensions:
H. x W.: 11 7/8 x 5 7/8 in. (30 x 15 cm)
Classification:
Ceramics-Sculpture
Credit Line:
Musée Dapper, Paris (2799)

https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ao/web-large/2.70R1_98D.jpg

Memorial head

Date:
18th century
Geography:
Ghana, Twifo-Heman traditional area
Culture:
Akan peoples; Twifo-Heman traditional area, Ghana
Medium:
Terracotta
Dimensions:
H. x W.: 14 7/8 in. x 9 1/4 in. (38 x 23.5 cm)
Classification:
Ceramics-Sculpture
Credit Line:
Musée Dapper, Paris (2798)

https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ao/web-large/5.185r2_98J.jpg

Figure of a leopard chief

Date:
19th century
Geography:
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Makabu-Buanga
Culture:
Luluwa peoples
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
H.: 29 1/8 in. (74 cm)
Classification:
Wood-Sculpture
Credit Line:
Ethnologisches Museum - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany (III C 3246)
Accession Number:
Portrait-Luluwa-03

This artwork is part of Heroic Africans: Legendary Leaders, Iconic Sculptures




Another view:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Statue_Luluwa-Mus%C3%A9e_ethnologique_de_Berlin.jpg

https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ao/web-large/5.180R3_98J.jpg

Figure of a leopard chief

Date:
19th–early 20th century
Geography:
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Western Kasai
Culture:
Luluwa peoples, Bakwa Ndolo
Medium:
Wood (Vitex madiensis), pigments, metal, plastic
Dimensions:
H.: 26 3/8 in. (67 cm)
Classification:
Wood-Sculpture
Credit Line:
The Royal Museum for Central Africa, Belgium (EO.0.0.43845)

https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ao/web-large/5.181.AR2_98J.jpg

Figure of a leopard chief: Ilunga Mukulu

Date:
19th–early 20th century
Geography:
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Western Kasai
Culture:
Luluwa peoples, Bakwa Ndolo, Bumba
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
H.: 26 3/8 in. (67 cm)
Classification:
Wood-Sculpture
Credit Line:
The Royal Museum for Central Africa, Belgium (EO.0.0.43854)

https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ao/web-large/5.181.Br2_98J.jpg

Figure of a leopard chief: Chibwabwa Ilunga

Date:
19th–early 20th century
Geography:
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Western Kasai
Culture:
Luluwa peoples
Medium:
Wood (Trichilia gilgiana), cowrie shells
Dimensions:
H.: 30 3/8 in. (77 cm)
Classification:
Wood-Sculpture
Credit Line:
The Royal Museum for Central Africa, Belgium (EO.0.0.43848)

This artwork is part of Heroic Africans: Legendary Leaders, Iconic Sculptures

I still can't fathom how a clause introducing a claim that secession is ruled out as a possibility and a clause claiming (correctly) that any region can be subordinated (for example, the northern region) to the will of the other three regions that happen to agree to oppose whatever improper actions the fourth is taking could have been the immediate basis (of course the killings in the north were an enormous factor) for anything that followed. Decrees, accords, and constitutions can be renegotiated and changed later on if they don't suit both parties. It's a tragedy of course, but one that's never made much sense from a purely logical standpoint.

Barnes & Noble Nook (reading)

Amazon Kindle (reading)

Aupeo (radio) <--- I especially like this one. I stumble across a lot of good music I had never heard before from here.

Pandora (radio, comedy, etc.) <--- Also good.

Netflix (movies, TV shows, documentaries) <--- not free of course



That's about it. Those are the essentials, although I might get skype if the need arises.

Hmmm . . .

*Wonders whether it's in any way appropriate for someone to use the aftermath of this tragedy as another avenue to promote Fashola*

*Reaches a conclusion*

*Leaves thread*

tpia@:
you're too eager to pick fights over anything edo/bini.

Compared to yoruba culture, edo has more in common with the cultures towards the east, than southwest.

in any case, edo doesnt always mean bini- there are other tribes who lean more towards igbo/southeast/southsouth in nature.

On "picking fights" over "anything Edo/Bini", I wonder if you're somehow unaware of the crap posted on this forum about different ethnic groups or if you've suddenly become ignorant about what the atmosphere of this forum is like sometimes. Why would I keep quiet when people that don't bother to dig up any information for themselves just repeat whatever stereotypes or misinformation they've been walking around with?

I post about what I want, but for the record, the majority of my posts on Edo are not "fights" over Edo or Bini.

If "Edo culture" actually leans more toward Igbo culture than toward one particular neighbor to the west that's fine, but I want an explanation of how it's "the same". What you said is a bit like me asserting that Yoruba and Nupe culture are "the same" without bothering to explain how or why and without having an in depth knowledge of either of the cultures. This may not have occurred to you earlier, but if someone takes the statement that Yoruba culture is radically different from most other cultures in southern Nigeria as a fact, it does not somehow prove the assertion that most other cultures in southern Nigeria are "the same".

And as someone who has actually read about Urhobo culture specifically (not Etsako, not Owan, not Engenni, etc.) from Urhobo writers and from objective ethnographers for my own enlightenment, I don't see how the culture is "the same" as Igbo culture and I want an explanation from someone who presumably knows much more about both Igbo and Urhobo culture.

I want you to actually back up one of these assertions.

tpia@:
i dont see anything surprising about igbo males marrying ibibos, urhobos, ijaws, edos, or any other group towards the east.

The culture is the same, so what's the big deal.

Can you actually back up some of the generalizations you make once in a while?
If you're not an expert on Igbo culture and Urhobo culture, how can you just declare them to be "the same"? In fact, if you're not an expert on all of those cultures, how can you just claim that they're the same?

I would have stayed out of this thread, but the statement I quoted above needs an explanation.

^
Understood.

davidylan: where am i forcing my perception down her throat? I just stated facts.

"Face the facts my dear. You are just tagging along and an inconsequential part of what is essentially a colony developed by white Europeans."

where did you get the impression i dont like black americans?

From your posts.

My gf is black american.

Strom Thurmond's mistress was black.

j/k

You might not hate them, but you're so vicious it's hard not to get the impression that there's some strong dislike there.

Habiba kasim: Great ibbulite.

How would you pronounce the part in bold?