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| 7705738160 | Mblo | Artist: Owie Kimou Region: Ivory Coast Details: portrait mask of a respected member of society, facial features represent what it means to be a good and honorable person Function: honor respected member of society, for masquerades in Kami village |  | 0 |
| 7705738161 | Aka elephant mask | Artist: Kosi society Region: Cameroon Details: worn and made by secret Kosi society, triangles represent jaguar (power) and circles represent the elephant (innocence), conveys power and balance Function: honor the king and bring social harmony, transforms the wearer |  | 1 |
| 7705738162 | Pwo mask | Artist: male Chokwe carver Region: Congo DR Details: mask worn by a man who dances like a woman in ritual, Chokwe was matriarchal society Function: to honor young and fertile women |  | 2 |
| 7705738163 | Sowei Mask | Region: Sierra Leone Details: teaches girls how to be good wives through dance, downcast eyes mean reserved, small ears and mouth means don't listen or spread gossip, fat chin mean she has enough fat to have children Function: help young girls go through adulthood initiation |  | 3 |
| 7705738164 | Great Zimbabwe | Details: kingdom became wealthy from the mined gold, circular stone enclosure was the Queen's residence or a temple Function: built for the king as a royal residence |  | 4 |
| 7705738165 | The Golden Stool | Region: Ghana Details: more important than the king, gold symbolizes the unification of the Asante nation Function: holds the spirit of the Asante people |  | 5 |
| 7705738166 | Opo Ogoga | Artist: Olowe of Ise Region: Nigeria Details: bulging eyes suggest the need to have an abundant and spiritual life, her stance conveys power, reflects power and authority through the king being the focal point and he's being crowned Function: decorate the front of the palace |  | 6 |
| 7705738167 | Wall plaque from Oba's palace | Region: Benin Details: hierarchic scale, Benin mutually traded with Portugal, brass Function: emphasize the king's power and authority |  | 7 |
| 7705738168 | Ndop Portrait of King Mishe | Region: Congo Details: history passed orally, 1/3 proportion, head was emphasized since it is the seat of intelligence, Function: preserve history by giving insight into historical individuals |  | 8 |
| 7705738169 | Lukasa | Region: Congo Details: used by diviners, ancestral worship Function: to aid the diviner in telling a story |  | 9 |
| 7705738170 | Reliquary Guardian Figure | Region: Gabon Details: used by village leaders, combination of infant and adult to emphasize cycle of life, ancestral worship/protection Function: protect the bones of prominent village members |  | 10 |
| 7705738171 | Nkisi n'kondi | Region: Angola Details: nail represent each time it was used, medicine stored in it, belief in the supernatural interacting with the material world Function: to bless or harm someone, cause death or give life |  | 11 |
| 7705738172 | Ikenga | Region: Zimbabwe Details: holds weapon-shows strength, in shrine Function: tell of owner's morality and to honor the right hand, contains one's spirit |  | 12 |
| 7705738174 | Pwo Founding Mother | archetype of womanhood | 13 | |
| 7705738176 | Veranda post | architectural feature in the courtyards or palaces, usually at the entrance | 14 | |
| 7705738177 | Kaolin | white clay closely linked with the world of the dead | 15 | |
| 7705738178 | Oba | king | 16 | |
| 7705738179 | Ikenga (definition) | strong right arm | 17 | |
| 7705742637 | Diviner | applies magical materials to a Nkisi n'Kondi and transforms the figure into a power being. |  | 18 |
