African Heads

A photographic collage of various African sculptures for my new Facebook page, "The African History Channel": https://web.facebook.com/TheAfricanHistoryChannelFB

Photographs sourced from museum archives and online auction houses.

From left to right:

- Benin Bronze, commemorative head (uhunmwun elao), Edo, Nigeria, 17th century.

- Mahen Yafe, commemorative head, Sapi Peoples, Sierra Leone, 15th to 17th century.

- Wunmonije head, copper alloy head from the Wunmonije compound, Ife, Nigeria, c. 14th century.

- Nsodie, Akan memorial head, Ghana, 17th century.

-Makonde ritual helmet mask, Mozambique, 19th century.