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JarK2.293 a-b

Orange-beige, round pot (part a) with a lid (part b). Pot has a circular base; upper portion consists of four panels alternating between two horizontal bands of double zig zags and a wide band of diagonal lines, one of which has dots within. Panels are divided by upraised dots at each corner. Lower portion consists of four interconnected downward curving bands that have dots within and that are bordered by dash lines and dots in relief and impressed. The lid dips downward concavely and has a knob at the centre with a horizontal zig zag band around the rim. The colour is uneven with some dark patches.

Culture
Baule
Material
clay
Made in
Bouake, Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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VesselK2.297 a-b

Red clay vessel (part a) with a lid (part b). Pot has two textured panels around the upper sides which consist of thirteen horizontal bands that have incised vertical lines within ending in six knobs at either end. In between these panels, at either side, there is an upward facing lizard in relief. The lid has a chameleon that has incised horizontal lines across its body and impressed dashes along its legs.

Culture
Baule
Material
clay
Made in
Bouake, Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureAf518

Female figure breast feeding while she sits on a four-legged stool. She has tapering oval in tapering oval eyes with upraised grooved brows above, a long thin nose, a small mouth, and ears. Scarification ? marks at either side of her face. Her hair is piled on top of her head in a bun with another bun at the back of her head. A rounded protrusion is at either top side of her head. Her long neck has scarification ? marks. An upraised grid pattern is carved at either side of her waist. Her right arm is bent so that her hand can hold her left breast as she feeds the baby in her left hand. An anklet is around each ankle. The baby is resting is left arm across its stomach.

Culture
Baule
Material
wood
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskAf514

Mask depicting a figure with a humanoid face, curved horns at the top of the head, small ears beside the horns, and a rim around the face with a sarrated edge as well as a pointed beard-like protrusion under the chin incised with lines. An angled, undecorated section with several holes, pointed at the bottom, emerges from behind the face.

Culture
Baule
Material
wood, stain and metal
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureAf517

A brown wooden figure of a male with small breasts and a phallus. The crescent-shaped eyes have brows above. Has a nose and a small mouth. Carved with four upraised vertical bars on each cheek. Has large ears. Hair is in angled sections with linear grooves. The front of the neck has a bulge with an upraised carved grid rectangular pattern at either side and at the back. The arms are slightly bent at the sides. Standing on a base.

Culture
Baule
Material
wood
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskK2.393

Mask of a stylized buffalo head. Slightly flaring neck, twisted and slightly curving horns at the back of the head, large oval eye sockets at the sides of the head with slightly protruding domed eyes, a c-shaped mouth as viewed from the side with a slightly pointed tongue that protrudes diagonally forwards, and a ridge with a scalloped edge extending over the head and top of the mouth. The mask is painted with a black neck, eye rims, and sides of mouth, white eyes and horn tips, white on the scalloped edge of the ridge, red and black triangles along the sides of the ridge. yellow, white, red and black bands over the top of the head and mouth, and the remainder of the mask is painted red.

Culture
Baule
Material
wood and paint
Made in
N'Douci, Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CombK2.357

Comb with handle that curves outwards to two rounded points at the top. Has five teeth on the lower half of the comb. Two near the end are spaced very close together. The comb progresses from light brown to dark brown as it get closer to the end of the teeth. The ends of the teeth are pointed.

Culture
Baule
Material
wood
Made in
Dimbokro, Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SlingshotK2.367

"Y" shaped wooden slingshot with the head of a man carved on the front under the V shape prong. There are two notches on the top two ends of the slingshot and a series of lines carved in the handle above the head.

Culture
Baule
Material
wood
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpatulaK2.361

Wooden spatula with one end that has a long thin handle and the other end that has a large round paddle-like end. There are two lines at the top of the handle, and lines, dots, and a bird design on the paddle-like end.

Culture
Baule
Material
wood
Made in
Bouake, Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeddleK2.354 c-d

Long boat-shaped wooden piece (c) that is hollowed out in the middle and has a hole at either end on the inside rim. Several strands of fibre hang from two wooden rods and are attached to a long stick with fibre cording (d).

Culture
Baule
Material
wood, cotton fibre and fibre
Made in
Bouake, Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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