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An annotated visual repository documenting design choices seen in historical African everyday things before they were labeled art or artifact.

Try searching using object descriptions or design principles to discover shared approaches. e.g “ergonomics”

Category
  • ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT
  • FURNITURE
  • GAME
  • GRAPHIC
  • INSTRUMENT
  • LIGHTING
  • SOFTGOOD
  • TOOL
  • TOY
  • UTENSIL
  • VESSEL
Region
  • Angola 🇦🇴
  • Botswana 🇧🇼
  • Burkina Faso 🇧🇫
  • Cameroon 🇨🇲
  • Central Africa 🌍
  • Congo-Brazzaville 🇨🇬
  • Côte d'Ivoire 🇨🇮
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo 🇨🇩
  • East Africa 🌍
  • Egypt 🇪🇬
  • Ethiopia 🇪🇹
  • Gambia 🇬🇲
  • Ghana 🇬🇭
  • Guinea 🇬🇳
  • Guinea-Bissau 🇬🇼
  • Kenya 🇰🇪
  • Liberia 🇱🇷
  • Mali 🇲🇱
  • Morocco 🇲🇦
  • Nigeria 🇳🇬
  • North Africa 🌍
  • Republic of Benin 🇧🇯
  • Rwanda 🇷🇼
  • Senegal 🇸🇳
  • Sierra Leone 🇸🇱
  • Somalia 🇸🇴
  • South Africa 🇿🇦
  • Southern Africa 🌍
  • Tanzania 🇹🇿
  • Togo 🇹🇬
  • Uganda 🇺🇬
  • West Africa 🌍
  • Zambia 🇿🇲
  • Zimbabwe 🇿🇼
  • 👑 Kuba
  • 👑 Babessi
  • 👑 Benin
  • 👑 Dahomey
  • 👑 Kongo
  • 👑 Oyo
  • 👥 Arbore
  • 👥 Asante
  • 👥 Bafodia
  • 👥 Bakongo
  • 👥 Bambara
  • 👥 Bamileke
  • 👥 Bamum
  • 👥 Bamun
  • 👥 Bedouin
  • 👥 Calabar
KUH MENDU (PALM WINE PRESTIGE POT)
VESSEL Zoë Ene 2/26/25 VESSEL Zoë Ene 2/26/25

KUH MENDU (PALM WINE PRESTIGE POT)

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CALABASH SKEUOMORPH CLAY JUG
VESSEL Zoë Ene 2/18/25 VESSEL Zoë Ene 2/18/25

CALABASH SKEUOMORPH CLAY JUG

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PALM WINE GOURD WITH WOVEN CARRIER
VESSEL Zoë Ene 2/12/25 VESSEL Zoë Ene 2/12/25

PALM WINE GOURD WITH WOVEN CARRIER

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SOFT BABY CARRIER
SOFTGOOD Zoë Ene 9/29/24 SOFTGOOD Zoë Ene 9/29/24

SOFT BABY CARRIER

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