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Necklace3237/11

Necklace. Many small handmade beads strung on a twisted cotton string. Each bead is similar in look with a tubular green-brown core encircled at centre by an attached white glass ring that has been flattened in several places to create indentations and points.

Culture
West African
Material
glass and cotton fibre
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mat3237/9

Large round woven basket or mat. Base is flat, with edge lifting slightly. Weaving incorporates dyed grass to create a brown circle at centre with short green lines emanating outward from it on an angle. Around body of mat are four standing camels, each with coloured dots outlining the torso. Around rim are lines of green and brown. Pattering can be seen in more vivid colours on underside of mat.

Culture
West African
Material
grass and dye
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shirt3237/6

Cotton sleeveless tunic, with a rounded neck, in dark blue. Around neck is a line of embroidery in white thread, scalloped top and bottom with a block and feather pattern on the inside. At centre of shirt on both front and back are large embroidered motifs in white, in colour block and linear patterning.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cloth3237/4

Long embroidered cloth. On a black cotton ground is stitched in thick synthetic thread a variety of designs and motifs, such as concentric diamond shapes, long stripes in red, white, orange and blue, shorter thin lines in yellow, green red and white, and more complicated motifs in similar colours. Thick black and red fringe hangs from each end.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre and synthetic fibre ?
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blanket3237/3

Cotton blanket. Large textile is made of fourteen long thin pieces of weaving that have been stitched together. Each contains the same designs, alternating in some instances, matched in others to create long continuous lines. Near centre of blanket, Niger’s flag appears many times as well as patches with Niger’s colours of green and orange. Other designs include red or black lines in a variety of thicknesses, and several diamond shapes motifs. Nearer the edges the majority of design is short lines made of black dots on a white ground, along with stripes in red, black and white. A single patch of blue sits close to one end. Ends of blanket have short white fringe.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Niger
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blanket3237/2

Cotton blanket. Large textile is made of seven long thin pieces of weaving that have been stitched together. Each completes part of the overall decoration of the blanket, with a variety of black stripes in various thicknesses, along with two smaller panels to either side of centre in blue, red and orange, four longer panels in red, orange and black, and small elongated dots in red and blue. Ends are left unfinished, creating a short fringe.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Niger
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mat3237/10

Large round woven basket or mat. Base is flat, with edge lifting slightly. Weaving incorporates dyed grass to create thick circles at centre in green, brown and black, diamond shaped patterns in four groups of two, interspersed with sets of dotted lines along the body of the mat, and encircling lines of green and brown at the rim. The circular patterning is seen on the underside of the mat, but not the diamond or dot patterns.

Culture
West African
Material
grass and dye
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Robe3249/2

Robe made up of many horizontal strips of cloth sewn together into a single piece of fabric. This is folded and sewn to create a tube-like garment. Weave is tight, fabric is thick, with a blue and white checker pattern overall, decorated with flower motifs at the edges. At middle is an area of high patterning, showing diamond shapes and wavy lines set in strips. At each end of the robe is an attached set of twisted tassels.

Culture
West African
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Ghana ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3249/1

Large textile has a dark blue base with thin white lines running horizontally. Several thicker diagonal lines made of small red and yellow stitched squares cross to make large ‘x’ shapes across the textile. Heavy silk embroidery sits at each end, showing a variety of patterns in evenly spaced blocks: long vertical lines, short horizontal lines, and lines made up of small stitches, all in yellow, red and green.

Culture
West African
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Ghana ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Miniature Mask3123/53

Miniature mask in bronze. Face is oblong in shape, wide at temples, narrowing toward chin. Face has heavily lidded eyes, almost closed but for a slight opening in the right eye cut through the metal to the back of the piece. Brows are arched. Nose is long, relatively flat, with protruding nostrils. Lips are rectangular in shape and also protrude, as does a braided moustache with rolled tips. A small mark sits on the cheek below the left eye. A headband sits across the forehead, behind which are several rows of braided hair, rolled at the front. Interior of mask is concave.

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