Religious and Cultural Terms and Concepts in African Art and Leadership, Quizzes of Ancient Greek

Download Religious and Cultural Terms and Concepts in African Art and Leadership and more Quizzes Ancient Greek in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Accretion DEFINITION 1 a whole resulting from addition or accumulation TERM 2 altar DEFINITION 2 any structure upon which sacrifices or other offerings are offered for religious purposes, or some other sacred place where ceremonies take place. Usually found in shrines, temples, and other sacred places. TERM 3 Apotropaic DEFINITION 3 refers to objects whose function is to ward off evil TERM 4 art and leadership DEFINITION 4 art used to support the authority of sacred and secular leaders and to legitimize the concept of leadership as a social institution. TERM 5 assemblage DEFINITION 5 three-dimensional composition made of various materials including but not limited to wood, cloth, metal, and shell/beds TERM 6 camwood DEFINITION 6 red wood known also as barwood. In powdered form, is used as both a dye and a cosmetic. Rubbed on sculptural forms in many areas, providing a reddish coloration. TERM 7 Dahomey DEFINITION 7 "in the stomach or middle of the serpent." Kingdom of the Fon TERM 8 divination DEFINITION 8 the term for a variety of practices to discover hidden knowledge or to foresee or foretell future events, usually through the interpretation of signs or through the agency of spiritual forces. TERM 9 hierarchic proportion DEFINITION 9 the use of unnatural proportion to show the relative importance of figures. TERM 10 liminal/liminality DEFINITION 10 the state of being "in between" in ritual contexts TERM 21 afin DEFINITION 21 royal palace (Yoruba) TERM 22 ashe DEFINITION 22 sacred authroity and power of the ancestors (Yoruba) TERM 23 aye DEFINITION 23 the visible, tangible world of the living (Yoruba) TERM 24 babalawo DEFINITION 24 Yoruba ifa specialist (literally, "father of ancient wisdom") TERM 25 ifa DEFINITION 25 Yoruba divination system, believed to have been founded by the Orunmila, the orisha of destiny TERM 26 oba DEFINITION 26 king (Yoruba) TERM 27 ori inu DEFINITION 27 inner head (Yoruba) TERM 28 ori ode DEFINITION 28 outer head (Yoruba) TERM 29 orisha DEFINITION 29 gods (Yoruba) TERM 30 orun DEFINITION 30 the invisible, spiritual realm of orisha (gods), ancestors, and spirits (Yoruba) TERM 31 ajalala DEFINITION 31 royal palace (Fon) TERM 32 asen DEFINITION 32 memorial altar (Fon) TERM 33 bocio DEFINITION 33 sculptural forms considered empowered objects (Fon) TERM 34 fa DEFINITION 34 system of divination (Fon) TERM 35 vodun DEFINITION 35 supernatural powers that can be honored and petitioned as specific deities (Fon) TERM 46 mbulu-ngulu DEFINITION 46 reliquary figure (Kota) TERM 47 bwete DEFINITION 47 baskets or bundles of bones and other relics (Kota) TERM 48 nganga DEFINITION 48 ritual specialist/healer/diviner (Kongo) TERM 49 nkisi (pl. minkisi) DEFINITION 49 "sacred medicine." Designates any number of object thought to contain spiritual power. The power is tapped for purposes of divination, healing, and protection from evil and is used to ensure success in hunting, grade, sex, warfare, etc. (Kongo) TERM 50 nkondi DEFINITION 50 a loosely defined class of nkisi whose functions included "hunting" witches and other wrongdoers (Kongo) TERM 51 Stool Property DEFINITION 51 regalia in Ghana is referred to as this to signal its ownership by the kingdom and not the individual (Asante) TERM 52 Double-headed serpent motif DEFINITION 52 suggests that the king can assure military vicotry by striking on 2 fronts simultaneously