Midterm 1: important

Question 1

What peoples are open to change?

Answer 1

Bwa –> don’t have chiefs, much more democratic

Question 2

2 facts about Mami-Wata

Answer 2

associated with prosperity, jealous (can’t get married if you follow her)

Question 3

Awa

Answer 3

Dogon mask society, organizes funerals (perform rituals pertaining to death), use great masks

Question 4

Saltcellar

Answer 4

Sapi, Benin, Ivory

Question 5

Butterfly “ “ Girl

Answer 5

Kachina, Hopi, (Southwest) US

Question 6

Standing Figure

Answer 6

Mossi, Burkina Faso, Wood/cloth

Question 7

Bateba Shrine (made of..?)

Answer 7

Wood, clay, terra-cotta

Question 8

Ginna purpose

Answer 8

House of lineage head

Question 9

Warthog Mask

Answer 9

Mossi, Burkina Faso, Wood/fiber

Question 10

Bovine Mask

Answer 10

Bidyogo, Guinea Bissau, wood/fibers

Question 11

Griaule

Answer 11

30-50s, studied Dogon, criticized for being inconsistent in research

Question 12

Primitive

Answer 12

First or earliest people

Question 13

Mother/great masks

Answer 13

Dogon masks, too big to be worn, shrine, carved every 60 years, made for sige (honor all dead)

Question 14

What is the Mossi famous for, what are they called, what does the name mean, what is associated with the object?

Answer 14

Dolls, Biga (child), no legs magic associated

Question 15

Lobi are from, know for?

Answer 15

Burkina Faso, Thil spirits (invented spirits –>protective)

Question 16

Bidyogo shrines

Answer 16

Iran –> carved wooden figures that represent ancestor’s spirits

Question 17

Mende Society

Answer 17

Sande, secret society, perform major political, economic, and educational functions in Mende society, boys and girls initiated at puberty

Question 18

Bansonyi

Answer 18

Baga, serpent-looking objects; objects mirror their conversion to Islam; Muslims don’t make iconic figures in art

Question 19

Jow

Answer 19

Bamana female society only, figures of prominent women (have filled their roles as wives/mothers)

Question 20

Leaf Masks

Answer 20

Bwa, Do (God of the wilderness, new life, and rebirth in the spring), cut off and burned after performance, never in museums

Question 21

Kanaga

Answer 21

both a male and female spirit, Dogon, lizard, carved by Awa initiates, most common mask

Question 22

Satimbe

Answer 22

Mask with the face of female woman

Question 23

Ethnic

Answer 23

too broad, covers too much, doesn’t define anything (almost every art is ethnic)

Question 24

Why do the Dogon have memorial service?

Answer 24

Allow souls to escape and to honor ancestors

Question 25

Theme of Mossi people

Answer 25

Diversity --> several Mossi peoples, several types/styles of art

Question 26

Boteba

Answer 26

Carved figures that are human-like in form, intermediary between thil and the human community

Question 27

2 Lobi invented spirits

Answer 27

St. Christopher, Hopi kachina

Question 28

Wooden mask (Bwa)

Answer 28

Represent Landle (spirit represented by wooden masks), newer spirit

Question 29

Fetish

Answer 29

something a man or woman has manufactured, magical object with great amount of spiritual power

Question 30

Sowei mask

Answer 30

Spirit of Sande, only worn by women, ringed neck (prosperity)

Question 31

Al Barak

Answer 31

Baga, winged horse on which Mohammad ascended to heaven

Question 32

Komo

Answer 32

Bamana, most powerful and dangerous male society; teaches about their relationship to the spiritual world, especially concerning battle with malevolent forces (witchcraft); only includes senior men