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Cow Dance Figure2803/1

Cow-shaped wooden carving with a solid wooden base between the four feet. The cow hasa pair of carved water birds on its back, painted white, and green glass eyes. There are two (goat?) horns attached to its head. Foam has been nailed around the wooden base and a thick cotton rope is looped between the legs to form straps for wearing it. The carving is painted black and has white markings and words painted over it, with spashes of bright blue paint. '2007' is painted on the back right leg; 'No1' is painted below each eye.

Culture
Bijogo
Material
wood, goat horn ?, polyurethane foam, cotton fibre, glass, paint and metal
Made in
Bissagos Islands, Guinea-Bissau
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Headdress2736/6

Headdress consisting of flat, horn-shaped curved wood head piece with long strands of dried grass hanging down in two thick bunches from grass pompoms. The plank wood headpiece, with leather and cloth head straps attached, is painted white with red dots on both sides and, on the front, has two leaping sharks facing each other and the dates 2000 and 2005.

Culture
Bijogo
Material
wood, paint, leather skin, cotton fibre and grass
Made in
Bissagos Islands, Guinea-Bissau
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shark Headdress2736/7

Realistic representation of shark head is painted bluish gray with carved black eyes and red gill lines. Worn with nose pointing upwards, the beard and the mouth, made up of part of the jaw and teeth of a shark set above a row of squared white wood teeth, are therefore facing forward. The headdress has long strands of grass fibres hanging from the sides and a foam lining around the interior rim. The jaw is held in with nails and two strands of woven synthetic rope are knotted and pulled through holes in the wood.

Culture
Bijogo
Material
wood, grass, shark tooth, metal, polyurethane foam, paint, synthetic fibre, shark bone, shark skin and cotton fibre
Made in
Bissagos Islands, Guinea-Bissau
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bull Mask2736/2

Round, two-part, red and white painted bull mask with natural horns and cow hide at top has foam lining attached with nails. Green bottle glass eyes surrounded with painted white cow hide stare upwards and there is a long rectangular opening below the chin. Several lengths of green synthetic rope are wound and bound around the neck joins, others emerge from inside through nostrils and holes in the head, one of which has a fibre bundle toggle at the end.

Culture
Bijogo
Material
wood, paint, glass, cow horn, cow skin, grass, synthetic fibre, metal and plastic
Made in
Bissagos Islands, Guinea-Bissau
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shark Headdress2736/5

Hammerhead shark headdress consisting of curved crown-like wood head piece with small carved hammerhead shark facing forward from on top of a grass pompom with dangling red ribbons. Long strands of brown grass hang down in two thick bunches from grass pompoms at the base of the wood and a goat ? horn projects out to each side. Carved and painted designs in white, red and black decorate the wood on both sides and a grass rope head strap is knotted through a hole below the shark to form a head strap.

Culture
Bijogo
Material
wood, paint, goat horn ?, grass and plastic
Made in
Bissagos Islands, Guinea-Bissau
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bull Headdress2736/4

Bull headdress consisting of curved crown-like wood head piece with carved bull head facing forward from top and long strands of darker and lighter dried grass and red ribbons hanging down in two thick bunches from grass pompoms at the base of the wood. Long, squared rods, with circular tips and hanging red ribbons, project up from the bottom sides of the headpiece. Carved and painted designs in white, red and black decorate the wood on both sides and a piece of rope is knotted through a hole below the bull head..

Culture
Bijogo
Material
wood, paint, sisal fibre, cotton fibre and plastic
Made in
Bissagos Islands, Guinea-Bissau
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bull Mask2736/3

Round, two-part, white, black and red painted bull mask with natural horns and cow hide at top has foam lining attached with nails. Green bottle glass eyes surrounded with cow hide (painted white in places) stare upwards, a piece of hair is attached at the backof the head between the ears, and there is a square opening below the chin. Several lengths of green synthetic rope are wound and bound around the neck joins, others emerge from inside through nostrils and holes in the head, ot one of which is attached a piece of lead, a stick and a grass bundle at the end.

Culture
Bijogo
Material
glass, metal, lead metal, synthetic fibre, sisal fibre, polyurethane foam, grass, wood, paint, cow horn and cow skin
Made in
Bissagos Islands, Guinea-Bissau
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bull Mask2736/1

Round, two-part, black and dark brown (stain or paint?) bull mask, with natural horns bound with cow hide and black woven band, has foam at bottom edge attached with nails. Green bottle glass eyes surrounded with cow hide stare out to the side and there is square opening below the chin. Several lengths of green synthetic rope are wound and bound around the neck joins, white rope and more of the green are knotted inside the head and emerge through nostrils and holes, one has a fibre and wood toggle at the end.

Culture
Bijogo
Material
wood, paint, cow horn, cow skin, metal, polyurethane foam, synthetic fibre, cotton fibre and plastic
Made in
Bissagos Islands, Guinea-Bissau
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sawfish Headdress2736/9

Sawfish headdress, made of wood painted red, black and white, has protuding eyes and a long sawfish rostrum bound onto the top with string. Attached to the small base are three braided grass strands knotted together to fit over the head, six long grass pleats that hang down like hair and a black grass fringe. A cushioning ring of black cloth is attached with string to base.

Culture
Bijogo
Material
wood, paint, grass, cotton fibre, sisal fibre and sawfish tooth
Made in
Bissagos Islands, Guinea-Bissau
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shark Headdress2736/8

Realistic representation of shark head is painted white and black with carved black eyes and red gill lines. Worn with nose pointing upwards, the beard and the mout,h made up of the jaw and teeth of a shark, are therefore facing forward. The headdress has long strands of grass fibres hanging from the sides and a foam lining around the interior rim. The jaw is held in with nails and two strands of woven synthetic rope are knotted and pulled through holes in the wood.

Culture
Bijogo
Material
wood, grass, shark tooth, shark bone, shark skin, metal, synthetic fibre, paint, cotton fibre and polyurethane foam
Made in
Bissagos Islands, Guinea-Bissau
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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