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Ornament1373/52

Round, convex, brown carved and coloured object with a zigzag border encompassing it. The main body consists of a circle divided in a tic-tac-toe manner by two sets of parallel lines. The centre square has a diamond shape carved in it, with four circles carved in the squares adjacent to the diamond's four corners. The four corner squares in the tic-tac-toe arrangement each have a right angled chevron-shape carved so that, taken together, the four shapes appear to be the corners of a square. All of the shapes are coloured with double, grey, thick, pencil-like lines and are deeply carved, creating negative space around them. The top of the object features a protruding, angular design with two small carved circles and a small triangular hole at the apex.

Culture
West African
Material
gourd fruit and graphite mineral
Made in
Nigeria ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask1373/16

A dark brown headpiece with a long curved nose. Atop the headpiece there protrudes forward a long flat curved piece with a fin-like ridge. Along the curved sides of the headpiece and the sides of the protruding long flat curved piece there is a red-brown and grey-white triangular geometric pattern. Holes have been made along the bottom of the headpiece.

Culture
West African
Material
wood, paint and stain
Made in
Burkina Faso
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sword1060/42 a-b

Long metal sword (part a) with decorative leather casing (part b). End of sword handle is metal-tipped, has series of red coloured scalloped edges and ends with a green scalloped piece that holds the blade. Beyond the green piece is the sword sheath or casing. Body of casing is shaped by a series of six thin-edged knobs that are spaced with three narrow areas and are decorated with two large centralized shield-like knobs on either side of the sword. Each are decorated with interwoven geometric designs made of black, light-yellow and dark red grasses(?). Attached to the two large central knobs are two brown toggles with two strands of looped black cording. Hanging downwards from the central knobs are two long and wide overlapping leather flaps with spaghetti-thin pieces of leather. The long flaps are decorated with intricately cut and dyed geometric designs, as is the tapered, oval-shaped tip of the swords' sheath.

Culture
West African
Material
skin, metal, grass ? and dye ?
Made in
“Gambia” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure1259/7

Metal sculpture of a standing wildcat-like animal, with areas of red pigment on the surface. A Long, thin tail is angled straight over the animal's back, resting on its head and supported in the middle by a small vertical piece arising from the centre of the back. The head has two protruding ears, a long nose, eyes and jagged fangs. Circular imprints cover the surface of the object.

Culture
West African
Material
brass metal and pigment
Made in
Nigeria ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ornament1373/43

Round, dome-shaped, white-brown carved object with a grey geometric pattern encompassing the border. Two grey carved lines run the circumference of the object, with a star-shaped flower-like shape radiating from the centre on top of the dome.

Culture
West African
Material
gourd fruit and graphite mineral
Made in
Nigeria ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ornament1373/33

Round, dome-shaped, white-brown carved and coloured object with a geometric pattern encompassing the border. The main body consists of a circle divided in a tic-tac-toe manner by two sets of parallel lines. The centre square has a diamond shape carved in it, with four more diamonds carved in the squares adjacent to the central diamond's four corners. The four corner squares in the tic-tac-toe arrangement each have a right angled chevron-shape carved so that, taken together, the four shapes appear to be the corners of a square. All of the shapes are coloured with double, grey, thick, pencil-like lines and are deeply carved, creating negative space around them.

Culture
West African
Material
gourd fruit and graphite mineral
Made in
Nigeria ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ornament1373/62

Round, convex, white-brown carved and coloured object with a zigzag border encompassing it. The main body consists of a circle divided into three sections by two vertical double lines. The middle section features a thick zigzagging shape running from top to bottom while the two outer sections each have a rectangular shape with one side curved to follow the circular outer edge of the object as a whole. All three carved shapes contain carved, raised ribs, thick, grey, pencil-like lines, and are surrounded by negative space. The top of the object features a protruding, angular design with two small carved circles and a small triangular hole at the apex.

Culture
West African
Material
gourd fruit and graphite mineral
Made in
Nigeria ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shirt1774/2

Resist-dyed indigo short-sleeved shirt with embroidered neck hole and belly pocket with two embroidered access slits. The sleeves are square with bottom bells to the sides. The pattern consists of clearly defined white vertical stripes, light blue to white stripes with fuzzy edges and thin wavering blue-white lines.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre and indigo dye
Made in
Ghana ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cowrie ShellK2.99 a-l

Twelve cowrie shells of various sizes.

Culture
West African
Material
cowrie shell
Made in
West Africa, Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Jug1642/2

Round-bottomed jar with straight sides and tall, flared neck; handle goes from shoulder to lip. Decoration is an incised band around shoulder with fill of thin, incised, diagonal lines. Remnants of glaze on surface.

Culture
West African
Material
clay and glaze
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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