Question
A group of objects from this city are believed to be depictions of the shiri ye denga that use lightning to “stitch together heaven and earth.” For 10 points each,
[10h] Name this medieval city once thought to have been home to a Late Iron Age kingdom. In the 1880s, six sculptures on monoliths were moved from their original location in the Eastern Enclosure of this city within its Hill Complex.
ANSWER: Great Zimbabwe
[10m] A set of African artworks named for this material includes hundreds of “plaques” and a number of portrait heads and figurines depicting kings called Oba. Although they are named for this material, those artifacts are actually made from brass.
ANSWER: bronze [accept Benin Bronzes]
[10e] The first Queen Mother of the Benin Empire is depicted in an ivory one of these objects now held in the British Museum. These objects are often worn in ritual dances to symbolize the faces of the dead in many African cultures.
ANSWER: masks [or African masks; prompt on headdresses]
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Summary
| 2023 ACF Winter @ Columbia | 11/11/2023 | Y | 7 | 24.29 | 100% | 100% | 43% |
Data
| Columbia A | Vassar | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Cornell C | Rutgers B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| NYU A | NYU B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Penn B | Penn A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Princeton A | Columbia B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Yale A | Princeton B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Haverford | Yale C | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |