• Skip to content
  • Skip to section menu

The British Museum uses cookies to ensure you have the best browsing experience and to help us improve the site.
By continuing to browse the site you are agreeing to our use of cookies. Find out more

x

This site uses cookies. By continuing to browse the site you are agreeing to our use of cookies. Find out more

x

The British Museum

  • Visiting
  • Membership
  • What's on
  • Support us
  • Explore
  • Channel
  • Research
  • Blog
  • Learning
  • Shop
  • About us
 
More search options
  • Search the website
  • Search the collection
  • Search the shop
  • Explore
  • Highlights
  • Relationships

Africa: arts and cultures

Related highlight objects

  • Benin plaque: oba and europeans 
  • Brass figure of a Portuguese soldier 
  • Brass helmet mask for the Ododua ritual 
  • Brass plaque showing the Oba of Benin with attendants 
  • Burnished pots 
  • Coffin in the shape of an eagle 
  • Crucifixion of Jesus Christ and the life of Bishop Selama, painting by an unknown artist 
  • Diptych by Ethiopian and early European artists 
  • Emperor Menelik II of Ethiopia, painting by an unknown artist 
  • Gold elephants 
  • Kilwa pot sherds 
  • Sudanese slit drum 
  • The Battle of Adwa, painting by an unknown artist 
  • The court of judgement of Tewodros II, painting by an unknown artist 
  • The story of King Solomon and Queen Sheba, painting by Afewerq Mangesha 
  • Throne of weapons 
  • Tree of Life 

Enewsletter sign up

Follow the British Museum

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Flickr
  • Blog

Share britishmuseum.org

  • Facebook4k
  • Twitter1k
  • StumbleUpon13k
  • Delicious690
  • Google+300
  • Contact us
  • Accessibility
  • Site map
  • Terms of use
  • Cookies
  • FAQs
  • Chinese site 中文
  • Arabic site النسخة العربية
  • Portable Antiquities Scheme
  • Mobile site
© Trustees of the British Museum