The object chosen to analyze from the Metropolitan Museum of Art is the Queen Mother Pendant Mask: Iyoba. It was created in the 16th century in Nigeria at the Court of Benin and is classified as a bone/ivory-sculpture.The culture involved is the Edo peoples. The medium used is ivory‚ iron‚ copper with dimensions H. 9 3/8 x W. 5 x D. 3 1/4 in. (23.8 x 12.7 x 8.3 cm). The accession Number is 1978.412.323. In simplistic terms the piece chosen is an ivory pendant depicting the image of the Queen Mother
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What was West Africa like in the 1500’s? Benin was a city that dated back to the eleventh century – and no relation to the West African nation of Benin of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Benin was a large city for its time – a walled city several kilometres wide in a forested region inland from where the Niger River emptied into the Atlantic. In the mid-1400s the ruler of Benin‚ Ewuare‚ built up his military and began expanding. Captives taken in battle he traded to the Portuguese. Benin’s
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Forestry and Bioenergy CDM Carbon Projects in Africa Lessons drawn from the CASCADe programme in Benin and Senegal Article under the direction of Françoise d’Estais and Robert Vergnes. Mme Françoise d’Estais is Program Manager at the United Nations Environment Programme in charge of carbon finance - francoise.destais@unep.org . Mr. Robert Vergnes is a member of the panel of experts to the Joint Implementation Supervisory Committee (JISC) of the UNFCCC‚ and Practice Leader of Energy & Climate Change
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MAT NO MGS0803060 DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF BENIN‚ BENIN-CITY‚ EDO STATE‚ NIGERIA. OCTOBER‚ 2012. AGENCY THEORY AND ACCOUNTING CHOICE: ISSUES AND HALLENGES BY OMEJI IKECHUKWU MAT NO MGS0803060 DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF BENIN‚ BENIN-CITY‚ EDO STATE‚ NIGERIA. OCTOBER‚ 2012.
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Picasso’s experiments with Cubism. The Yoruba people of Ife also influenced lost-wax cast metal art‚ also known as Benin Art after the people of Benin perfected the art to the highest quality. The Village craft workers had extensive knowledge of pottery and metalworking temperature changes to prevent the materials from cracking during the casting process. The guild workers in Benin City forged and cast clay and metal in wax casts that were shaped into pots‚ masks‚ and statues. After which they
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each with their own languages and culture. Chief’s or King’s held the highest position in society they maintained peace and order‚ assigned jobs‚ collected tax and led wars to protect their tribes. The empire of Songhai and the kingdoms of Mali‚ Benin and Kongo were large and powerful‚ with monarchs heading complex political structures governing hundreds of thousands of subjects. In other areas‚ political systems were smaller so they relied on agreements between Chiefs and kings.
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Hundreds are taken each year from countries in West Africa such as Bénin and Togo across the sea to Gabon‚ a richer oil-exporting country. They are usually taken across a land border to Nigeria and then on by canoe to Gabon‚ across 500 kilometers of open sea. In most cases‚ they work for other West Africans in Gabon’s capital‚ Libreville. When the ship‚ the Etireno‚ arrived back at its port of departure‚ Cotonou in Bénin‚ on 17 April 2001‚ 43 children disembarked: 23 were aged between five
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products‚ Evian first worldwide brand of bottle water. The domination of the group in the food industry is well proven‚ fresh dairy products‚ bottled water‚ medical and child nutrition‚ enabled him to be famous in Republic of Benin(west Africa).the market of food in Benin is very competitive . By innovating and developing its products‚ DANONE has won customers who are becoming increasingly demanding. On the other hand the globalization of the 80 marked the success of the company in Europe and
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ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY OF BENIN BENIN CITY OCTOBER‚ 2012 DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF PROGRAMMABLE ELECTRIC COOKER BY AGBONTA DANIEL OJIEH ENG0409334 A PROJECT SUBMITTED IN THE PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING (B.ENG) DEGREE IN DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING FACULTY OF ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY OF BENIN BENIN CITY EDO STATE OCTOBER‚ 2012 CERTIFICATION This is to certify
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sound evokes the deity to visit voodoo mask dances. The Fon kingdom was located in what is now southern Benin‚ a region some anthropologists refer to as the "cradle of Voodoo." People also practice Voodoo in Togo‚ Ghana and other countries in northwestern Africa. Approximately 30 million people in Togo‚ Ghana and Benin practice Voodoo today. Voodoo is also an official religion in Benin‚ where as many as 60 percent of the people are followers. Voodoo masks are an integral part of African dance
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