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TextileK2.158

Textile composed of two pieces of cotton damask with a flower-like pattern and dyed blue over orange-brown with a series of bands composed of two block printed geometric designs. The shorter ends are unfinished.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileK2.153

Rectangular shaped cotton textile consisting of hand woven strips with machine sewn bordered ends. The design is alternating red and brown stripes of the same approximate width.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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AxeK2.413

A plain, orange-grey stone that has an oblong rectangular shape with both sides rounded while all ends taper at an angle, one end being flat and vertically semi-oval in shape to create an edge at that end which is more flared than the other end which has a similar but smaller effect.

Culture
West African
Material
stone
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NetK2.412

Roughly circular open weave net. Net is lashed to a bent wood frame.

Culture
West African
Material
fibre and wood
Made in
Liberia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrumK2.410

Drum with wood hourglass form. Skin stretched over top and bottom. Strings for tension.

Culture
West African
Material
wood, skin and fibre
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Musical InstrumentK2.409 a-d

A large object (part a) with a long wood band across two-thirds of the way down a wood arched frame. Above the long wood band, there are fourteen flat rectangular wood pieces lying perpendicular to the long wood band but parallel in association with each other and tied together with skin and string. Below the long wood band, there are ten gourds decreasing in size all in a row. (Gourds and plaques tied and resinated together.) There are two sticks (parts b-c). The largest gourd (part d) is loose.

Culture
West African
Material
wood, fibre, gourd fruit and resin
Made in
West Africa, Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceK2.404

Necklace composed of a disc-shaped pendant on a string of lozenge-shaped beads alternating with circles of twined grass with two spherical beads next to the pendant. The pendant is formed from grass stuck into beeswax with protruding twined strands at the centre and two bands of neatly twined strands.

Culture
West African
Material
grass, bee wax and fibre
Made in
Timbuktu, Mali
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Printing BlockK2.366

A wood print block with a stick handle. Design consists of an alternating pattern of three and four small two-halved sectioned leaves, adding up to twenty-one leaves in total. Carved with chisel and saw.

Culture
West African
Material
wood
Made in
Bouake, Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SwordK2.435

A metal sword with a male head finial that has bulging eyes and a head piece which wraps around at the end of the handle. Underneath the head, there is a pattern of two protruding, four grooved, two protruding, and four grooved horizontal ridges along the cylindrical handle itself. The blade is incised with geometric patterns consisting of quadrangles with cross hatch marks within, wave-like curls, and dots, as well as a floral pattern with leaves.

Culture
West African
Material
bronze metal
Made in
West Africa, Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureK2.428

Figure in the form of a woman. Has small eyes, a large nose, and a mouth with big ears, and an upraised forehead. Shoulders angle downward with the arms resting at either side; shows carved breasts and large navel. The legs are straight and attached to base.

Culture
West African
Material
wood
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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