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Chicago State University Library is pleased to display items from the collection of the Kwame Nkrumah Academy in Chicago. These objects form part of a large collection gathered by Judge R. Eugene Pincham.

Select all displayed African items, or select artifacts by country: Benin, Cameroon, Congo, Egypt, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Senegal, Tanzania, or Zimbabwe.

Mask, wood

Shona artist
Sculpture, springstone

For about 2,000 years the Shona people have lived in the plateau region of Zimbabwe and Mozambique

Zimbabwe

Shona artist
Sculpture, springstone

For about 2,000 years the Shona people have lived in the plateau region of Zimbabwe and Mozambique

Zimbabwe

Abstract Males
Samuel Akainyah
Painting

Amai — Mother, Woman
Lazarus Takawira (attributed), Shona artist
Sculpture, springstone; 15 inches H, 9 inches W

For about 2,000 years the Shona people have lived in the plateau region of Zimbabwe and Mozambique

Zimbabwe

Artifact

Ashanti stool
Wood; 15 inches H, 22 inches W

Stools are of considerable importance among the Akan speaking people because of the association of a portion of a man's soul with his stool.

Ghana

Bamileke Horns
Wooden sculpture, musical instrument, ceremonial device; 60 inches H, 2.5 inches W

Trumpets are used ceremonially for their sound. Trumpets like these larger ones were displayed as an arch through which the king would appear.

Cameroon

Bamileke Horns
Wooden sculpture, musical instrument, ceremonial device; 60 inches H, 2.5 inches W

Trumpets are used ceremonially for their sound. Trumpets like these larger ones were displayed as an arch through which the king would appear.

Cameroon

Benin Festac Mask
mask; wood

Wealth generated by the trade with Portugal in the 1500's shows in the Portuguese faces; said to represent Queen Idia, wife of Oba (King) Esigie

Benin

Benin Festac Mask
mask; wooden

Representing the 16 ^th century Queen Idia, wife of Oba (King) Esigie. Portuguese faces show trade as generating wealth

Bust of Man with Pipe
Sculpture

Library display #9

Bust of Woman with Braids
Sculpture

Bust of Young Boy
Sculpture; greenstone

Copper Relief Mask
mask; copper

Congo

Dance Mask
mask; wood

Ivory Coast

Dance Mask
mask; wood

Ivory Coast

Dance Mask
mask; wood

Ivory Coast

Djembe Drum
drum; instrument

Senegal

Djembe-Djammer
Chair, Wood

Senegal

Double Head Crown
Painting; portrait

Egyptian Pharaoh Tutakhamun
Replica, death mask, wood-like

Library display #1

Egyptian Standing Male Figure
Wood-like

Library display #2

Embraced
Shona artist
Sculpture, springstone; 18 inches H Incl. stand

For about 2,000 years the Shona people have lived in the plateau region of Zimbabwe and Mozambique

Zimbabwe

Embraced
Shona artist
Sculpture, springstone; 18 inches H Incl. stand

For about 2,000 years the Shona people have lived in the plateau region of Zimbabwe and Mozambique

Zimbabwe

Eve
Sculpture, stone

Family Circle - Unity
carving; wood

Ghana

Female - Bakota
carving; wood

Congo

Female Portrait
Painting

Female Portraits
Paintings

Gold Panning
Sculpture

Infinity
Shona artist
Shona stone; 20 inches H, 20.5 inches W

For about 2,000 years the Shona people have lived in the plateau region of Zimbabwe and Mozambique

Zimbabwe

Infinity
Shona artist
Shona stone; 20 inches H, 20.5 inches W

For about 2,000 years the Shona people have lived in the plateau region of Zimbabwe and Mozambique

Zimbabwe

Kenya-Maasi Elephant Mask
mask; wood

Kenya

Kenya-Maasi Elephant Mask
mask; wood

Kenya

Kenya-Maasi Elephant Mask
mask; wood

Kenya

Kota Reliquaries
reliquary; wood

Gabon

Loving Family
Shona artist
Sculpture, South African soapstone

For about 2,000 years the Shona people have lived in the plateau region of Zimbabwe and Mozambique

Zimbabwe

Maasai (Cattle) Family
carving; wood

Kenya

Makonde - Tree of Life
Makonde artist
Sculpture, Mpingo Wood, Blackwood; 54 inches H Incl. stand 12x12 inches

The Ujamma, Tree of Life, is carved directly from the bole of the ebony tree of Tanzania. Shows cooperation with nature and support of one man for the other.

Tanzania