African Art

3. Metal objects pounded into nkisi to awaken them to action
5. Powerful compounds inserted into nkisi to awaken the spirits
6. A female mask created by the Chokwe of the DRC
7. An initiation society that performs a dance using masks.
10. _________ Shobinare, a British-born Nigerian artist who creates installations that explore identity through mixing wax cloth and figures found in western painting
12. The last word of the country signified by "DRC"
15. A memory board created by the Mbudye Society of the Luba
16. A type of mask that is a portrait of a Baule individual, from the Ivory Coast.
17. Ikenga figures often have these on their head.
19. ______ Bronzes is the term for a series of metal figures used to decorate the palace of the Oba. Taken as "spoils of war" by the British
20. The Aka mask is an abstracted representation of this animal.
21. A group from Sierra Leone

1. This figure was made by the Fang to sit on the lid of a box containing the remains of ancestors.
2. El ___________. A contemporary Ghanaian artist who creates textiles from metal.
4. An ethnicity located in Southern Nigeria, Chinua Achebe is one!
6. African art is meant to used and is considered __________.
8. The ruins of a medieval city created by ancestors of the Shona
9. An ethnic group found in southern Cameroon
11. Created by the Igbo people, this figure is used in shrines and often have horns
13. _____ of Ise, carver of the Yoruba veranda post
14. A powerful container made by the Songye and Kongo people of the DRC
18. Where the Yoruba king lives, the most imposing structure in the city.
19. The large wood mask used by the Sande Society of the Mende.