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ShawlAf468

Shawl formed by a of woven cotton decorated by vertical rows of three sets of brocaded geometric linear designs alternating with solid bands of colour, all in red, yellow and white. Horizontal yellow stripes on a black ground appear on both the front and back of the shawl. The ends are fringed.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Okene, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf377

Two standing figures representing people facing each other across a pump. One man is bareheaded, wearing a loose short-sleeved shirt and knee-length trousers with his right hand on the pump spout. The second figure is wearing a one piece short-sleeved garment and a wide brimmed hat with the right hand on the pump handle and the left hand on the shaft of the pump. A bucket stands at each end of the base of the pump, one under the spout, and one under the handle. All clothing is light yellow-brown. The heads and limbs are dark brown. Pump handle, spout, and pails are light red-brown. Base is brown wood.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
wood, rice adhesive, egun thorn and atum thorn
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf376

Two figures representing people facing each other. One is wearing a short-sleeved shirt and knee-length trousers, sitting on the ground leaning against a three-pointed backrest. The second figure, in identical dress, is bending from the waist, and holding a pot with both hands. At the side of the sitting figure lies a blue object, possibly a knife. Heads, limbs, and backrest are dark brown. Clothing and pot are light yellow-brown. The base is brown wood.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
egun thorn, wood, rice adhesive and atum thorn
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf375

Figure representing a man cutting a tree with a machete-like long bladed knife in his right hand. He is wearing knee-length trousers, a short-sleeved shirt, and soft pointed hat. Tree, arms, legs, and head of man are dark brown. Clothes and knife are light yellow-brown. Variegated shavings at base of tree. Base of carving is light brown wood.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
atum thorn, rice adhesive, wood and egun thorn
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf374

Three figures representing men moving a two-wheeled cart filled with five bags of cocoa beans. One man is wearing a short sleeveless shirt, knee-length trousers, and a two-tiered round hat while he is standing between the shafts of the cart and behind the cross bar with a hand on each shaft. The second is wearing an identical shirt, trousers, and hat. His back leans against the left, rear corner of the cart. The third man is bareheaded standing at the right rear corner of the cart and supporting a bag. He is wearing a loose short- sleeved shirt and knee-length trousers. The cart is a hollowed section of wood, supported on one cross axle with two wheels. The clothing is light yellow-brown. The heads, limbs, and cart wheels are dark brown. The hats, and bags of beans are red-brown. The whole is resting on a plywood base. One of twelve carvings glued to light brown burlap over cardboard. Cart and shafts are light brown wood.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
atum thorn, rice adhesive, wood and egun thorn
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf409

Figures representing a woman wearing a pointed hat with a baby tied to her waist, and whe sitting on a circular stool while combing the hair of a woman seated on the ground. Clothing, hat, and baby sling are light yellow-brown. Heads, arms, legs, and stool are dark brown. Comb is light red-brown. The base is light brown wood.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
egun thorn, rice adhesive, atum thorn, wood, fibre and paper
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf408

Figure representing a woman weaving. She is sitting in front of a loom. Cloth is on the loom. Baby is in a sling attached to her back. The dress, hat, sling, and loom are light yellow-brown. Figures' heads and limbs are dark brown. The cloth on the loom is green, black, and white plaid. On a wood base that is light brown.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
egun thorn, dye, cotton fibre, paper, fibre, wood, rice adhesive and atum thorn
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf407

Figure representing a woman sitting on a cylindrical stool selling yams. There is a child in a sling tied to her back. She is wearing a short sleeved dress. The dress, sling, and stool are light yellow-brown. Yams, figures' heads, and limbs are dark brown. On a wood base that is light brown.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
atum thorn, rice adhesive, wood and egun thorn
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf406

A figure representing a woman with a baby in a sling tied to her waist. There are three inverted pots and one upright pot in front of her. She is sitting on a cylindrical stool with her right leg outstretched in front of her and her left leg bent backwards at the knee. The woman is wearing a sleeved dress. The dress and the sling are light red-brown. Figures' heads, and limbs, four pots, and the stool are dark brown. Wood base is light brown.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
egun thorn, rice adhesive, atum thorn, wood, paper and fibre
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf405

Figure representing a female sitting on a cylindrical stool, holding a small cup and a naked baby. She is wearing a knee-length dress. She has a bowl between her feet. The figures are dark brown; the dress, stool, cup, and bowl are light brown. The base appears to be wood.

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