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Figure3123/38

Stone figure with a tall cone shaped head with deeply carved ridges indicating hair or a headdress, edged by small squares directly above the forehead. The nose is prominent, widening slightly at the nostrils, eyes are inset, heavy lidded, and somewhat bulging, and mouth is small with protruding lips. The body is small, in a seated position with arms bent and hands connecting with chin, knees drawn up to chest. The front of the sculpture is a dark mottled grey, while the back is lighter in colour.

Culture
Mende
Material
stone
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3123/37

Stone figure with a large wedge shaped head with deeply carved ridges indicating hair or a headdress, above a large nose with wide nostrils, inset bulging eyes with heavy lids, and a small mouth in a wide jaw. The body is small, in a seated position with arms bent and hands connecting with chin, knees drawn up to chest. The front of the sculpture is a dark mottled grey, while the back is lighter in colour with stripes of orange in the stone.

Culture
Mende
Material
stone
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2853/2

Kneeling figure. The head is elongated and topped with a round headdress that has a deep bowl at its centre. Scratches in the bowl suggest it was used as a container in some form. Carved into the face are eyes and a mouth, a hole for a right ear, and at left, a large oval shape. Below the short neck is a narrow chest and two arms bent so that the hands rest on the stomach, where a hole has been bored. The left side of the figure shows a leg bent at the hip and knee, indicating the figure is kneeling. The right side beneath the arm is not clearly carved.

Culture
Mende
Material
stone
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2853/1

Standing figure. The head is large and oblong to front and back, with large ears carved on either side, protruding eyes, a wide nose, and a hint of a mouth. Below a short neck is a round and protruding torso at the chest and buttocks, leading to combined legs that are bent at the knees. The arms of the figure are slightly bent and meet the lower body at the thighs, where the hands are smoothed into the legs. The figure stands on a circular base.

Culture
Mende
Material
stone
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Nopiori Figure2815/13

Stone carving of two separate figures that join into a common being below the chest. The left figure is slightly larger, with an elongated head and relatively well defined features carved into the face. Two arms start at the rear of the figure below the neck and wrap around both sides to the front. The smaller figure to the right also has a slightly elongated head. Much of the face has been obliterated, with the mouth and right eye remaining, as well as two ears that are carved into the sides of the head. This figure also has arms beginning at the back below the head and wrapping around to the front on both sides. The figures sit on a thick oval base carved out of the same piece of stone.

Culture
Mende
Material
stone
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2853/7

A female figure carved in bone. The figure has a large, relatively flat head to front and back, with three horn-like projections rising out of the top. An inverted teardrop shape is carved into the prominent forehead between the eyes. The ears are narrow and carved close to the head, the nose is wide, and the mouth is thin-lipped. The neck is made up of two carved rings, leading in back to prominently carved shoulders and buttocks, and in front to breasts and a protruding stomach. Arms hang straight down, ending at the hips, and have no hands. The legs are slightly bent at the knees, and end at feet carved into a round base with a hole in the centre. Many areas of the body have been texturized with a pattern of fine carved lines, most prominently on buttocks, shoulders and horns. The rough interior of the bone can be seen on the top of the head, groin area, and centre of the base.

Culture
Mende ?
Material
bone
Made in
Sierra Leone ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2853/3

Kneeling figure. The head is pointed at top, with protruding ears, prominently carved eyes and eye sockets, a large nose that widens at bottom, and a protruding pointed chin. The back of the neck is carved with four vertical bulges, underneath which are very large, prominent shoulders. The arms are bent and hands touch the face at either side of the mouth, the right hand having three fingers and the left hand having four fingers. A rounded stomach leads down to legs bent into a kneeling position, with feet crossed at ankles in back. The stone of the figure is filled with sparkly inclusions.

Culture
Mende
Material
stone
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hat2706/3

Round, cap-style hat made of heavy cotton dyed in stripes of blue, brown navy blue, and off-white. Woven strips of the vertical stripes are sewn together in a tube, gathered at one end and sewn onto a circular piece of the cloth. The opposite end is folded back on itself to form a fringed cuff.

Culture
Mende
Material
dye and cotton fibre
Made in
Kenema, Eastern Province, Sierra Leone ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shoulder Cloth2706/2

Large, heavy cotton, over-the-shoulder cloth, or 'sash'. Long thin woven strips of identical light blue, dark blue, brown and off-white vertical stripes are machine zigzag stitched together and the long ends are edged with a band of navy blue cotton fabric.

Culture
Mende
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Kenema, Eastern Province, Sierra Leone ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Robe2706/1

Wide, full-length, heavy cotton poncho-style robe with two small side panels. Long thin woven strips of light blue, dark blue, brown and off-white vertical stripes are stitched together into three large panels, then joined, the centre panel with stripes running vertical and the side panels with stripes horizontal. A neck opening in the middle of the centre panel has a stitched yolk with snap fastener, the bottom edges of robe and sleeves are hemmed with a wide band of blue cotton fabric.

Culture
Mende
Material
cotton fibre, dye and metal
Made in
Kenema, Eastern Province, Sierra Leone ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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