Question 1

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What is the significance of the headdress worn by the central figure in this Kalabari ancestral screen?

Accepted Answer

A)  Reference to the travels of the deceased around the coasts of Africa 
B)  Reference to the deceased chief's successful trading business 
C)  Reference to the ravages of the slave trade on the family of the deceased 
D)  Reference to the god of the equatorial trade winds 
A)  Reference to the travels of the deceased around the coasts of Africa 
B)  Reference to the deceased chief's successful trading business 
C)  Reference to the ravages of the slave trade on the family of the deceased 
D)  Reference to the god of the equatorial trade winds

Question 2

What materials are used for royal artworks among the Baum, especially on the thrones made for their kings?

Accepted Answer

A)  Shells, copper, carved ivory 
B)  Colored textiles, gold, copper 
C)  Carved ivory, ebony, gold 
D)  Colored textiles, glass beads, shells 
A)  Shells, copper, carved ivory 
B)  Colored textiles, gold, copper 
C)  Carved ivory, ebony, gold 
D)  Colored textiles, glass beads, shells

Question 3

Kongo nkisi n'kondi are believed to have what ability?

Accepted Answer

A)  Take on the spirit of their artistic creator 
B)  Communicate with animals and fish 
C)  Embody spirits that heal and give life 
D)  House the soul of the firstborn child 
A)  Take on the spirit of their artistic creator 
B)  Communicate with animals and fish 
C)  Embody spirits that heal and give life 
D)  House the soul of the firstborn child

Question 4

Most figures and masks are visualizations of which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Political forces 
B)  Natural resources 
C)  Living royalty 
D)  Supernatural forces 
A)  Political forces 
B)  Natural resources 
C)  Living royalty 
D)  Supernatural forces

Question 5

In Dogon society, the Satimbe mask represents all women, commemorating the creation legend, which says what?

Accepted Answer

A)  Women were the first ancestors to anger the spirit maskers. 
B)  Women were the first ancestors to imitate spirit maskers. 
C)  Women were forbidden by the spirit maskers to consort with men. 
D)  Women were forbidden by the spirit maskers to wear masks. 
A)  Women were the first ancestors to anger the spirit maskers. 
B)  Women were the first ancestors to imitate spirit maskers. 
C)  Women were forbidden by the spirit maskers to consort with men. 
D)  Women were forbidden by the spirit maskers to wear masks.

Question 6

Who is the most famous Yoruba artist of the twentieth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Osei Bonsu 
B)  Akati Akpele Kendo 
C)  Kot a-Mbweeky 
D)  Olowe of Ise 
A)  Osei Bonsu 
B)  Akati Akpele Kendo 
C)  Kot a-Mbweeky 
D)  Olowe of Ise

Question 7

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Who was not permitted to wear this Senufo "Beautiful Lady" mask?

Accepted Answer

A)  Men 
B)  Priests 
C)  Uninitiated youths 
D)  Women 
A)  Men 
B)  Priests 
C)  Uninitiated youths 
D)  Women

Question 8

Which of the following methods is used to produce kente cloth?

Accepted Answer

A)  Woven in large sheets and patterns 
B)  Woven on strips on a loom and then sewn together 
C)  Stitched in squares and then pieced together 
D)  Material hammered into large felted sheets 
A)  Woven in large sheets and patterns 
B)  Woven on strips on a loom and then sewn together 
C)  Stitched in squares and then pieced together 
D)  Material hammered into large felted sheets

Question 9

What was the principal transportation route for the peoples of central Africa during the 19th century?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Nile River 
B)  Atlantic Ocean 
C)  Lake Victoria 
D)  The Congo River 
A)  The Nile River 
B)  Atlantic Ocean 
C)  Lake Victoria 
D)  The Congo River

Question 10

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King Glele of the Fon people commissioned which artist to make this life-size iron warrior figure (Gu?)?

Accepted Answer

A)  Atta Kwami 
B)  Romuald Hazoumè 
C)  Akati Akpele Kendo 
D)  Nakunte Diarra 
A)  Atta Kwami 
B)  Romuald Hazoumè 
C)  Akati Akpele Kendo 
D)  Nakunte Diarra

Exam 38: Africa, 1800 to 1980

​ What is the significance of the headdress worn by the central figure in this Kalabari ancestral screen?

What materials are used for royal artworks among the Baum, especially on the thrones made for their kings?

Kongo nkisi n'kondi are believed to have what ability?

Most figures and masks are visualizations of which of the following?

In Dogon society, the Satimbe mask represents all women, commemorating the creation legend, which says what?

Who is the most famous Yoruba artist of the twentieth century?

​ Who was not permitted to wear this Senufo "Beautiful Lady" mask?

Which of the following methods is used to produce kente cloth?

What was the principal transportation route for the peoples of central Africa during the 19th century?

​ King Glele of the Fon people commissioned which artist to make this life-size iron warrior figure (Gu?)?

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What is the significance of the headdress worn by the central figure in this Kalabari ancestral screen?

Who was not permitted to wear this Senufo "Beautiful Lady" mask?

King Glele of the Fon people commissioned which artist to make this life-size iron warrior figure (Gu?)?