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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
HEADREST WITH TWEEZERS ATTACHED
FURNITURE Zoë Ene 3/3/25 FURNITURE Zoë Ene 3/3/25

HEADREST WITH TWEEZERS ATTACHED

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GOAT SKIN BABY CARRIER
SOFTGOOD Zoë Ene 2/14/25 SOFTGOOD Zoë Ene 2/14/25

GOAT SKIN BABY CARRIER

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MILK JAR
VESSEL Zoë Ene 9/29/24 VESSEL Zoë Ene 9/29/24

MILK JAR

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STOOL WITH STRAP / KIVILA
FURNITURE Zoë Ene 9/29/24 FURNITURE Zoë Ene 9/29/24

STOOL WITH STRAP / KIVILA

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