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  2. African sculpture - Wikipedia

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    Most African sculpture was historically in wood and other organic materials that have not survived from earlier than at most a few centuries ago; older pottery figures are found from a number of areas. Masks are important elements in the art of many peoples, along with human figures, often highly stylized. There is a vast variety of styles ...

  3. African Renaissance Monument - Wikipedia

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    The African Renaissance Monument (French: Monument de la Renaissance Africaine) is a 52-metre (171 ft) tall bronze statue located on top of one of the twin hills known as Collines des Mamelles, outside Dakar, Senegal. Built overlooking the Atlantic Ocean in the Ouakam suburb, the statue was designed by the Senegalese architect Pierre Goudiaby ...

  4. African art - Wikipedia

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    t. e. African art describes modern and historical paintings, sculptures, installations, and other visual culture from native or indigenous Africans and the African continent. The definition may also include the art of the African diasporas, such as African-American, Caribbean or art in South American societies inspired by African traditions.

  5. Benin Bronzes - Wikipedia

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    The Kingdom of Benin was a hub of African civilization long before Portuguese traders visited, [15] [16] and bronzes were made in Benin prior to the arrival of the Portuguese. [17] The Benin bronze sculpture tradition is thought to have derived from or been influenced by that of the older nearby Kingdom of Ife in southwest Nigeria. [5] [6] [7]

  6. Category:African sculpture - Wikipedia

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    African sculptures in the British Museum‎ (9 P) C. Sculptures in Cameroon‎ (1 C) E. Sculptures in Egypt‎ (5 C) M. Malawian sculpture‎ (1 C)

  7. Obelisk of Axum - Wikipedia

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    The Obelisk of Axum (Tigrinya: ሓወልቲ ኣኽሱም, romanized: ḥawelti Akhsum; Amharic: የአክሱም ሐውልት, romanized: Ye’Åksum ḥāwelt) is a 4th-century CE, 24-metre (79 ft) tall phonolite [3] stele, weighing 160 tonnes (160 long tons; 180 short tons), in the city of Axum in Ethiopia. It is ornamented with two false ...

  8. List of monuments to African Americans - Wikipedia

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    Statue of Mary McLeod Bethune. Mary McLeod Bethune. U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. Future. To represent Florida, replacing statue of Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith. Hearth: Memorial to the Enslaved. African Americans enslaved by the College of William & Mary.

  9. African art in Western collections - Wikipedia

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    The National Museum of African Art in Washington D.C. was founded by Warren M. Robbins in 1964 as a private and relatively small collection. In 1979 the collection, by then about 8,000 objects, was taken over by the Smithsonian Institution and is now housed in a central if underground location on the National Mall.

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