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Mask3573/5

Carved mask with three areas of zigzag designs at each temple and upper forehead. Deep eye sockets with protruding eyes, each angled upwards from centre. Under each eye are two drilled holes, with a thin, twisted string threaded through and tied at back. The bulbous forehead has a circlular protuberance at the centre, above two concave brow ridges; linear pattern on each cheek. Vertical lines extend down nose to small circular mouth. Carved, triple-turn infinity design on chin.

Culture
West African
Material
wood
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shirt3522/100

Woven short-sleeved men's shirt with small side slits. Shirt has a scalloped neck opening; embroidery along the front and back of the neck in a square shape. Ground is white-grey and is decorated with thin black stripes; wider band decoration throughout. Wider bands done in two designs. First is black with three wide white stripes; second is black with eight white wavy stripes throughout. Black three-striped band runs along length of sleeve on back; plain grey stripe runs along length on front. Additional triangular panels attached to sides of shirt, causing bottom edge to flare out; panels decorated with three-striped bands. All edges of shirt are finished.

Culture
West African
Material
fibre and dye
Made in
Liberia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Robe3522/102

Black men's robe made of a rectangular piece of fabric, folded in half at the shoulder; long slit neck opening in the centre. White stripes, in groups of three or single, decorate robe overall. Triangular shaped pocket attached below neck opening, extending onto left side of chest. Pocket has an intricate knot, heart, "X" shape, and plain and dotted horizontal lines embroidered across it. Triangle-like paper patch stitched to back of neckline; "X" shape embroidered across centre. Embroidery on patch visible on back of robe. All embroidery done in dark yellow. Sides are hemmed, top and bottom edges are unfinished.

Culture
West African
Material
paper, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Liberia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3343/5

Rectangular tie-dye cloth with dark brown, yellow and orange designs. Repeating V shapes, pointing towards the left side, across entire length of textile. V’s span from top to bottom edges. Pattern outlined in gold and alternate between dark brown and orange V's. Dark brown crumple designs throughout the V pattern. Left and right sides are unhemmed.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dress3343/9

Kaftan style dress with tie-dye circle designs. Dark green circle overtop gold background in the centre of the dress, on both the front and back, and a dark green circle around the entire neckline. Other streaks of dark green and lighter gold throughout. Yellow embroidery around neckline, sleeves and along bottom edge. Embroidery along sleeves and bottom edge in shape of wavy line. Small embroidered circles span the entire neckline, with loops on top of them. On the front of the dress, extending down from the collar, are eight large embroidered circles outlined with loops and curls. The large circles form an inverted triangle. The interior of the dress has white cotton around the collar, with the same embroidery on it as the exterior. Attached to the lining are two cotton circles- one white, one dark green. The circles also have embroidery on them. All edges of dress are hemmed.

Culture
West African
Material
dye and cotton fibre
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3343/6

Rectangular cotton cloth with light blue, dark green, orange and olive green designs printed on it. Dark brown bands with vertical light blue stripes border the top and bottom edges. Background of main portion of cloth is maroon with light blue vines spread throughout. Across the entire length of the textile are columns of alternating dark orange and dark green circles with olive coloured leaf-like shapes in between them. All of the circles have two semi-circles and two pointed ovals inside of them, done in white. Each circle and leaf-shape is outlined in light blue. The outlines are a mix of lines and dots. Between the circles, light blue suns are printed. Pink string attached to top edge, close to right side. Manufacturer’s mark printed in five places along bottom edge. Left and right sides are unhemmed.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skirt3343/2

White cotton wrap skirt. Design of small black elephants, with yellow outlines, printed in horizontal rows across front and back. Light and dark blue streaks in background. Top of cloth has white band with blue streaks and then a stripe of dark blue and a stripe of light blue. Same band and stripe pattern reversed along bottom edge. Cloth hemmed on sides.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3343/4

Rectangular tie-dye cloth with brown and yellow designs. Cloth has dark brown background with two large, dark yellow diamond outlines on left and right sides. Both outlines span from the top to bottom edges. Inside each outline is a smaller light yellow diamond. Light brown and light yellow crumple patterns surrounding diamond outlines. Left and right sides are unhemmed.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3343/3

Satin-like, tie-dye cloth with navy blue, sky blue and pink designs. Left and right sides of cloth are bordered with wide black bands, with streaks of navy blue in them. Middle portion of cloth has dark blue background with sky blue and pink crumple patterns overtop. Back of cloth is light blue with navy blue and faint pink crumple patterns throughout. All edges on back of cloth are navy blue. Left and right sides are unhemmed.

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