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Thorn CarvingAf369

Figures representing people in front of a shrine. One woman is bending before the shrine holding a fly swatter, wearing a short-sleeved dress, and with her hair braided into a top knot. One woman is kneeling before the shrine holding an offering of a chicken, and she is wearing a short skirt and a large soft hat. One figure is prone before the shrine, and she is wearing a short-sleeved dress. One male musician is beating a conical drum (membranophone) suspended over his right shoulder with a leather strap, and he is wearing a short-sleeved shirt and pants. One male musician is holding a vessel-shaped drum suspended over his left shoulder with a cotton strap and is holding a drumstick in his right hand. One male musician is holding a vessel-shaped drum slung around his neck with a leather strap while holding two drumsticks in each hand. One female figure is sitting on the ground holding a dish, and she is wearing a sleeveless knee-length dress. Two male figures are holding long staffs, and they are wearing knee-length robes. One musician is holding a clay drum and a beater, and the musician is wearing a short-sleeved dress and a soft pointed hat. One female figure is holding a fly swatter and a horn-shaped vessel, and she is wearing a short-sleeved dress with her hair in a top-knot. One figure is holding up a fly swatter in her right hand, and that figure is wearing a short-sleeved dress and a pointed hat. Two masks with horn-shaped vessels on top, and one horn-shaped vessel on the ground. Five soft pointed hats, fly swatter, two horn-shaped vessels, one large soft hat, and the chicken are light red-brown. Clay drum, and beater, outside of drums, limbs, and heads are dark brown. Clothing, mask-like shrines, thorn-shaped vessels, top of drums, and one horn-shaped vessel are light yellow-brown. Top of dish shrine, marks on horn-shaped vessels, on large soft hat, and on vessel drums are indigo. All figures are on a plywood platform covered in thorn chips. Oyo written on base.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
fibre, stain, rice adhesive, atum thorn, egun thorn and wood
Made in
Oyo, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf344

Figure representing a man sitting on a cylindrical stool tapering upward. Wearing a round hat and using sticks to play a carved, conical drum (membranophone). Light yellow-brown shirt, pants, hat, sticks, and head of drum. Dark brown arms, legs, face, stool, and body of drum. The base is light brown wood stained brown on the bottom.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
egun thorn, wood, stain, rice adhesive and atum thorn
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf343

Figure representing a barefoot male figure sitting on a cylindrical stool set on a wooden base, stained brown on bottom. Figure is wearing a conical hat, a sleeveless tunic, and pants. Playing a stringed instrument. Pants and tunic are light yellow-brown. Neck of the instrument and hat are light red brown. Legs, head, arms, and body of instrument are dark brown.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
egun thorn, wood, stain, rice adhesive and atum thorn
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf342

Figure representing a barefoot male figure sitting on a cylindrical stool, wearing shorts, a sleeveless tunic, and a round hat. Playing a stringed musical instruments (chordophone). Tunic, shorts, and hat are light yellow brown. Arms, legs, and body of instrument are dark brown. Neck of instrument is light red brown. The figure is glued to a light brown wood base, stained brown on the bottom.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
stain, wood, rice adhesive, egun thorn and atum thorn
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf340

Carved figure representing a man sitting on a stool with hands placed on a conical drum (membranophone). Feet outstretched supporting drum. Figure is wearing a loose fitting short-sleeved shirt extending to his knees. Head, arms, legs, drum base, and stool are dark brown. The drum head and shirt are light yellow-brown. Rectangular base is attached by glue and is light brown partially stained dark 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 CarvingAf341

Figure representing a standing male wearing a conical hat. Playing a stringed instrument (chordophone). Light yellow-brown shirt and pants. Light red-brown hat and neck of instrument. Dark brown face and body of instrument. The base of light brown wood is stained brown on the bottom and sides.

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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PotAf441

Wide lipped pot with a black interior and a red-orange interior. Raised ring encircling shoulder with three raised double arches between at regular intervals. The base is stamped diagonally with a pattern of dots. Base is fire marked. Exposed lip is incised four times around at the rim and once at the neck.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
clay
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PotAf440

Shallow unglazed pot with rounded bottom and flaring rim. Interior and rim are semi-gloss black with burnished elliptical designs inside. Lower half of exterior is rough, sandy red-yellow with blackened areas.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
clay
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PotAf439 a-b

Flat-bottomed dark brown glazed pot (part a) with flared rim extending into two wide lips with oval holes to form handles. Incised ridge near base, incised lines on outer, and inner edge of rim, and inner overhanging lip has incised line on outer edge. Lip forms surface on which lid (part b) rests. handle of lid has semi-circular handle rising clear of central flat area with incised line at outer edge, which descends in curved slope with one ridge to lid edge. Interior and exterior have mottled glossy surface with fine striations.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
clay
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlAf449

A single hardwood piece carving of a kneeling woman with a child on her back. A bowl is supported on her head with four extensions having a chevron design decoration, two of which are extending from the shoulders of the woman and from the head of the child. Both woman and child are wearing belts divided into vertical sections. The woman has two bands on each wrist, and the child has a heart-shaped form on his back suspended from his neck. The woman's hair is upswept. Her face is incised with three horizontal lines on each cheek. The child's face is similarly incised with vertical lines. The features of both faces are exaggerated, and the necks are elongated. The woman is holding the child by the ankles while the child grasps the woman under her arms. The bowl is shallow, rounded at the base, and has a flat-bottomed interior.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
stain and wood
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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