You call that "too detailed"?
Let me introduce you to aztec calendar... https://dlrcreativityintheclassroom.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/1500-aztec-calendar.jpg
More seriously, that's typical african art
This is mayan art https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Cancuenpanel3.jpg/1024px-Cancuenpanel3.jpg
You call that "too detailed"?
Yes, too detailed for being of African origin (or it is from a much modern era, closer to our present time and got inspired by art from other civilizations)
More seriously, that's typical african art
African art is mainly focused on heads, weapons and animals.
That one looks too much like a small container with the heads part being a cover that would sit on top of the center cavity.
I win
No, we all lost because we wasted time talking about the differences between African and Mayan Art. We're no better than UC Berkeley Sophomores.
Good job!
There's a controversy regarding the dating of Igbo artifacs.
This paper reviews the results of the recent excavations at Igbo-Ukwu, from which large quantities of copper and bronze objects, glass and stone beads as well as highly decorated pottery were recovered. Although four out of five radiocarbon dates fall in the middle of the ninth century A.D., while the fifth one falls in the middle of the fifteenth century, other dating evidence-like the presence of European-type manilla and beads, and the preservation of highly perishable materials-such as textiles, thread and wood fragments-seem to suggest a much later date. Consequently, until some concrete evidence can be produced to support the ninth century date, we cannot jettison the fifteenth century date, which seems to be corroborated by the evidence of the manillas and beads.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/180773?seq=1
Edit: Another interesting read
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