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Thorn CarvingAf420

Figure representing a dentist wearing a short-sleeved tunic, short pants, and a soft pointed hat. The dentist is standing holding the right hand of his patient with his left hand. The patient is wearing a sleeveless tunic, and short pants, and is sitting on a stool. The dentist is placing a y-shaped wooden implement in the patient's mouth. There are similar implements on a table. The table, tunics, and stool are light yellow-brown. Hat is light red-brown. Limbs and heads are dark brown. Base is brown plywood.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
atum thorn, stain, wood, rice adhesive and egun thorn
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf390

Two figures representing people. One is sitting on a cylindrical stool with the legs bent backwards at the knees, wearing a sleeveless shirt and knee-length pants, and holding a long pole in the left hand. The other figure is standing, bent forward at the waist, wearing a conical hat, a sleeveless shirt, knee-length pants, and holding a club-shaped object in the right hand while resting a machete blade on a high cylindrical table surface. Between the two figures is a fire pit with bellows. Light yellow-brown clothing, stool, pole, and machete handle. Hat and fire ash are light red-brown. Heads, limbs, fire pit, and table are dark brown. On a wood base.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
atum thorn, egun thorn, rice adhesive, wood, stain, paper and fibre
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf389

Figures representing people at a sewing machine and a cloth on the table which is between a standing figure and a figure sitting on a cylindrical stool. Both figures are wearing elbow-length shirts and knee-length pants. The thread on the sewing machine is wound around a thin piece of wood leading to the cloth. Shirt, pants, and stool are light yellow-brown. Heads, limbs, and table legs are dark brown. Table top, and base are light brown wood. The cloth is light brown with blue and orange stripes.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
atum thorn, egun thorn, rice adhesive, wood, stain, cotton fibre ?, paper and fibre
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf388

A standing figure representing a person wearing a soft pointed hat, a short-sleeved shirt, and knee-length trousers is holding, in both hands, an inverted container with six coconuts in it. On the ground at the feet of the figure, there are five coconuts. The head and limbs are dark brown. Clothing and container are light yellow-brown. Hat and coconuts are light red-brown. Base is light brown wood.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
atum thorn, egun thorn, rice adhesive, wood and stain
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf387

A figure representing a person sitting on a cylindrical stool in front of a halved circular table with a cylindrical base upon which are two thorns, and variegated chips. A bareheaded figure wearing a short-sleeved garment with knee-length trousers is holding scrapers. Head and limbs are dark brown. Garments, stools, table, one thorn, and scrapers are light yellow-brown. One thorn is light red-brown. On a wood base.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
atum thorn, egun thorn, rice adhesive, wood, fibre and paper
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf386

Figure representing a bearded man sitting on a cylindrical stool. He is bare-chested, wearing a soft pointed hat and knee-length pants. He is holding a gourd-shaped container in his left hand and a cone-shaped cup in his right. In front of him, there are two bulbous-shaped containers with necks. Behind him, there is a tree trunk. Pants are light yellow-brown. Head, limbs, tree trunk, and stool are dark brown. Containers are light red-brown. The base is light brown wood.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
atum thorn, egun thorn, rice adhesive and wood
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf432

A figure representing a male sitting on a stool leaning forward with his legs thrust backwards. He is blowing a bellows at an open hearth. The figure is wearing a loose fitting short-sleeved shirt extending to his knees. Head, limbs, stool, and hearth are dark brown. The shirt is light yellow-brown. The fire grate is black. The base and bellows handles are are brown wood.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
egun thorn, atum thorn, rice adhesive, stain and wood
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf431

Two standing figures representing people. The front figure has a round object and a ball on the head, a pole in the left hand leading a bent figure wearing a brimmed hat, and is holding an upright staff in the right hand. Heads and limbs are dark brown. Shirt, trousers, and hat are light yellow-brown. Ball is light red-brown. Sticks and base are light brown wood.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
rice adhesive, wood, egun thorn and atum thorn
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf419

Two figures representing people. One is sitting on a cylindrically based chair with a back and is wearing a pointed cap, knee-length pants, and a short-sleeved shirt. The second figure is bareheaded, standing, and wearing similar clothing. He is holding a cylindrical container to the face of the sitting figure. Between the figures, there is a circular table with six containers. Clothing and four containers are light yellow-brown. Heads, limbs, chair, and table are dark brown. Three containers are light red-brown. On a wood base.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
atum thorn, rice adhesive, stain, wood and egun thorn
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf418

A nude woman is lying on a narrow table, with her head on a small pillow, giving birth. Feet are resting against a carved human face with a horn vessel lying on each side. A horn vessel is hanging on the foot of the table and another at the head on the side. A female midwife with a hat and a skirt is standing beside the table holding a small object over the woman's abdomen. On the other side, there is standing, a bearded man with a short skirt, holding a small vessel in his right hand. On the floor in the corner are two large carved human heads, one of which has braided hair, like a priest, and supports three horned vessels while the other is smaller and has two horn vessels. Figures, ritual heads, and three horns are dark brown. Clothes and three horns are light yellow-brown. Hat, four horns, and the pillow are light red-brown. The table and the base are light brown wood.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
egun thorn, atum thorn, rice adhesive and wood
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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