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WhiskAf453

White animal hair whisk with multi-coloured woven leather handle. There is a loop of braided leather attached to end of handle with large knot. Where the handle and the whisk meet, there is a fringe made of leather strips that hang over the hair and is secured with a narrow white leather band. The handle is green, black, yellow, white and red.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
hair, leather skin and dye
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrumAf473

Round leather drum secured to ceramic base by wooden pegs driven through the overlapped then glued leather. Drum head is white. The ceramic ring is red. There is a fibrous hook.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
wood, clay, leather skin and fibre
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrumstickAf472

Curved wooden drumstick. The small round head has been covered with leather.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
wood, leather skin and adhesive
Made in
Ibadan, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf372

Palm tree on a wood base of variegated thorn bush carvings. Figure is being held by a rope while climbing the tree. At the base of the tree, there are three ritual masks, one figure, five horns, and one vessel. The figure climbing the tree is wearing a short-sleeved shirt, short trousers, and a soft pointed hat. An axe is resting on his right shoulder. The small figure at the base has a horn placed on either side. Three remaining horns are placed on the masks and a vessel is placed between the small figure and the largest mask. The base, tree, masks, head, limbs, and three horns are dark brown. Hats, two horns, and vessel are light red-brown. Small figure at the base, shirt, and trousers are light yellow-brown.

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 CarvingAf371

Three figures representing people standing in front of two mask-like heads which are resting against a low wall-like support. One mask has a horn protruding from the side of the head and the other has two horns. The centre figure is holding a horn in its right hand and a perforated cylinder in its left, and she is wearing a short-sleeved dress. The woman on her right has her arms outstretched towards the masks, and she is wearing a sling around her waist over a sleeveless dress. The man on her left is holding a chicken, and he is wearing a sleeveless tunic and short pants. The heads, arms, legs, masks and three horns are dark brown. The chicken and perforated object are light red-brown. The clothing and two horn containers are light yellow-brown. Carvings are set on a platform covered with thorn tree chips.

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 CarvingAf370

A ritual scene with twelve figures representing people, one animal, two birds, two masks, three containers, and a drum. Two mask-like faces have been carved into the trunk of one tree and one into the trunk of the other. Eleven of the participants are surrounding and facing the trees between which is standing the twelfth. One participant is holding the head of a dog-like animal. Another is holding a drum and a stick. All figures are standing in a relaxed naturalistic posture. Three, including the central figure, are wearing skirted garments while the others are wearing trousers and shirts. Nine are wearing hats of various types. A bird is perching on top of each tree. At the left back corner, there is a mask with an attached container leaning against a supporting wall. The second mask, on a base, and two containers are standing in front of the trees, and the central figure. At the top of each mask, there is an oval tilted object, possibly a container for oil. The clothing and animal are light yellow-brown. Human skin, hair, trees, masks, and drum are dark brown. The birds, hats, and containers are light red-brown. Variegated shavings are thinly scattered on the base.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
atum thorn, egun thorn, wood and rice adhesive
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf357

Three figures representing people, involved in a ceremony, facing a shrine wall with two masks mounted on plywood back covered with variegated thorn shavings. Kneeling female figure wearing only a long skirt is touching a horn protruding from a mask placed against the shrine wall and touching the forehead of a second mask which has horns protruding from the forehead. Two male figures wearing knee-length pants are each holding a horn in their right hands and one is wearing a draped cloth hat. Figures, masks, three horns, and some chips are dark brown. Clothing and some chips are light yellow-brown. Two horns and some chips are light red-brown. Carvings are set on a platform covered with thorn tree chips. "Osa Oko of Longe" written on base.

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 CarvingAf356

Two figures representing a man and a woman. The woman is kneeling with hands crossed on top of her head, bare breasted with a long skirt. Man is barefoot, standing, wearing a cap, a shirt, a vest, and knee-length pants while he is holding a drumstick in his right hand. He is striking the lower of two hourglass shaped drums suspended from his left shoulder on a ribbon harness. A shrine with a smooth back carved with two faces on the front holds a hen on top. Heads, limbs, drum, and drumstick are dark brown. Woman's skirt, hat, and hen are light red-brown. Man's vest, shirt, pants, drum heads, and shrine are light yellow-brown. All set on a light brown plywood base.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
fibre, wood, egun thorn, atum thorn and rice adhesive
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf355

Scene from a ritual, possibly Moslem, with eight sitting figures representing people, four of which are with arabic texts surrounding a woman leading an animal by a rope and carrying a chicken in a container. Seven of the sitting figures are wearing conical hats, the eighth of which has a turban with protruding ends, and are wearing long robes. The woman is wearing an upturned four-cornered hat and knee-length dress as she appears to be pregnant. Dispersed among the figures are three pots painted blue at the rims. A blue stained brush lies beside the turbaned figure. This same figure holds an oval object in his lap. The robes, tablets, and animals are light yellow-brown. Human heads, limbs, chicken, pots, and rope for the animal are dark brown. Head gear, basket, and object being held by the turbaned figure are light red-brown. Base is light brown wood.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
atum thorn, egun thorn, rice adhesive, fibre, paint and wood
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf354

Ten figures representing people with arms extended facing a central coffin. Two double-masks are leaning against the side of the coffin while one single-mask is leaning against the end. There is a horn-like container inserted into the masks. Two male figures are wearing short-sleeved long robes and crown-like hats. They are siting on the ground facing the masks. Proceeding clock-wise, first there is a bareheaded male wearing a sleeveless shirt and knee-length pants holding a chicken out to a mask. Second, there is a female wearing a short-sleeved dress and a wide brimmed hat with a sling tied at her waist as she is bowing at the end of the coffin. Next, there are three males wearing short-sleeved long loose gowns with soft pointed hats and small masks strung around their necks, one of which is holding a horn-shaped container. Following, there are two drummers wearing short-sleeved shirts and knee-length pants standing before a single mask, one of which is wearing a stiff conical hat and is carrying a large conical single-headed drum on a cord over his right shoulder with a bent beater in his right hand, the second of which drummer is bareheaded and is carrying a shallow conical single headed drum on a cord around his neck with two straight beaters. Last, there is a female wearing a short sleeveless dress with a sling around her waist and a soft hat with two horn-like points. Heads, limbs, masks, drum bodies, chicken, and three horn-like containers are dark brown. Clothing, hats, coffin, stand, drum heads, beaters, and four horn-like containers are light yellow-brown. The plywood base is light brown.

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