Question 3
- Identify the:
- country of the work
- ethnicity of the artwork
- medium of the artwork.
- State any six features of the figure.
Observation
The question was answered by few of the candidates correctly. The following points were given by the candidates to obtain the maximum marks:
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- Nigeria.
- Tsoede/Tada/Gara.
- Bronze.
- Facial scarification.
- Naturalistic.
- Depicted beads around the neck and ankle.
- Elaborate headgear.
- Headgear made of belt and beads.
- Large disc on the forehead.
- The disc has a design of a horned head with snakes coming out from the nostrils.
- Dressed in a woven fabric with cowry shells.
- Bulging eye balls.
- Wide mouth with thick lips.
- In standing position.
- Made in bronze.
- Figure depicts a male warrior.
- It has anklets.
- It has amputated arms.