2. STORAGE
JAR 2000-1600 BC Sudan
Made in
Red and black
ware (pottery)
Handmade,
smoothed but not
polished
The rim and
interior are
blackened
Notice the
directions of the
lines on the rim
Below the rim are
3. DRINKING CUP
1900-1550 BC
Polished black ware
with decoration filled
with white pigment
Handmade,
smoothed inside with
fingers and the outer
surface was
burnished with a
smooth pebble
Designs are
enhanced with white
pigments
4. STATUETTE OF A
WOMEN 610-595 BC
9 ½ inches tall
Note: elongated
body, naked, slight
smile, bobbed wig
Cast in solid silver
Wig and jewelry
were made
separately
Silver statuette’s are
extremely rare
Most likely dedicated
in a temple or placed
5. MOSAIC WITH A PEACOCK AND
FLOWERS 1-500 AD
Most likely part of a
larger floor mosaic
The peacock was
often used to
represent paradise
The lighter tiles in
the background help
the peacock and
flowers stand out.
The different color
tiles in the peacock
show the wing and
possibly represent
6. GIRDLE 1000-
1400 AD
Made in Western and Central
Sudan
This particular piece was
founded in a cave within the
Bandiagara Escarpment
“Modest skirt”- females wore
this low at the hips held in
place with a fiber cord
Oldest of it’s type to survive the
hot climates of Africa
Consisted of three
interconnected layers and
7. QUEEN MOTHER PENDANT
MASK: IYOBA
1400-1600 AD
Worn by the King on
ceremonial occasions
Created by the exclusive guild
of royal ivory carvers for the
king
The hollowed back suggests
that it was both a pendant and
a receptacle (container),
possibly containing medicine.
Made in Guinea Coast
Hinweis der Redaktion
"Storage Jar [From Faras, Upper Nubia, grave 3, Griffith excavations] (13.125.29)". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/13.125.29 (October 2006)
"Drinking Cup [From Faras, Lower Nubia, grave 110, Griffith excavations] (13.125.28A)". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/13.125.28A (October 2006)
"Statuette of a Woman [Egyptian] (30.8.93)". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/30.8.93 (October 2006)
"Mosaic with a Peacock and Flowers [Roman or Byzantine; Probably from North Africa] (26.68)". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/26.68 (October 2006)
"Girdle [Mali; Tellem peoples] (1998.478.4,5)". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1998.478.4,5 (October 2006)
"Queen Mother Pendant Mask: Iyoba [Nigeria; Edo peoples, court of Benin] (1978.412.323)". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1978.412.323 (April 2010)