African Tribal Art Forms

Yoruba: portrait sculpture; equestrian pieces; stools; architectural embellishments.

Benin: commemorative representative sculptures of ancestral kings' spirits; lost-wax metal casting.

Nok: terra-cotta heads.

Dogon: horned masks.

Bambara: antelope mask-headpieces.

Baule: ancestor figures.

Ashanti: cast brass weights to weigh gold dust; fertility dolls.

Cameroon: wood masks; figurines; pipes; ornaments; house posts.