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Mask938/1

Dark-brown woven mask with bulbous nose, bushy beard, and five cone-like projections on top of the head that are decorated with red, black, and white clay. The back of the mask has large woven cables in diagonal rows. The front of the mask has tightly woven cables in triangular patterns.

Culture
Central African
Material
wood, clay and palm leaf
Made in
Democratic Republic of the Congo ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask1373/18

Wood mask painted with a white face outlined with dark brown. Flat circular dark brown headdress at top with two horn-like pieces curving up and backward. Small carved ears, mouth and nose. Brown oval eyes with holes cut out underneath. Dark bown line down middle of forehead to nose and curved up over the eyebrows. Dark brown cheeks. Holes made along sides of mask. String tied around the back of the headdress.

Culture
Central African
Material
wood, paint and fibre
Made in
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure938/5

Brown, wooden, carved, female humanoid figure--figure is kneeling and holding both arms vertically against her chest. Figure has an elongated skull that protrudes backwards, long breasts, a distended stomach with three raised, ribbed, curved lumps on it and a circular protrusion in the centre. Figure wears a fibre cord around the front of the waist.

Culture
Central African
Material
wood, fibre and stain ?
Made in
Democratic Republic of the Congo ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure1491/3

Dark and light brown coloured human figure with round head, smooth dark-brown coloured hair, round protruding ears, oval eyes, wide nose, and slightly opened mouth. Figure has a dark-brown coloured neck and is wearing a tunic-like garment carved into the wood that is decorated with engraved lines and a central horizontally-positioned diamond-shape. Arms are at the figures' side, legs are thick, and feet are oval with carved grooves indicating toes.

Culture
Central African
Material
wood and stain ?
Made in
Cameroon
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Carving1373/39

A brown wood carving on a black base. The carving has two squinting eyes and a nose with a hole. There is a conical hat on top. The body is tall and carved with a swirling pattern.

Culture
Central African
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket835/1 a-b

A brown coil basket with a conical lid. The design consists of horizontal bands of red and purple squares.

Culture
Central African ?
Material
fibre and dye
Made in
Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeadrestAe68

Short cylinder of yellow-brown, lengthwise wrapped grass and three places where three black lines run vertically. Both rims have three rows of small, tightly coiled rings, remaining outside surface is covered with black and natural plyed strands arranged alternately with s and z twist cords adjacent to each, forming a braid-like pattern.

Culture
Central African
Material
grass and dye
Made in
Cameroon
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RobeK4.184

Long, rectangular shaped robe made with multiple rectangular pieces of skin sewn together; undecorated.

Culture
Central African
Material
skin and cotton fibre ?
Made in
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace1491/4

Necklace with twelve staggered large and small brown-coloured square leather pendants, and one larger central pendant, attached to braided red-coloured cording. The central pendant has a long, narrow piece that attaches to a sphere-shaped ball, and its surface is decorated with braided leather strands around the middle.

Culture
Central African
Material
leather skin, fibre and dye
Made in
Cameroon
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Headdress1491/2

A conical woven fibre piece with a loop at the top and dark brown, orange, and purple feathers stitched into it and flowing down below it.

Culture
Central African
Material
fibre and feather
Made in
Cameroon
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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