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Thorn CarvingK2.371

Figures representing a woman bending over as she is combing her friend's hair, who is sitting before her on a cylindrical object tapering upward. The knees are bent so that the legs are angled frontward and outward. The elbows are bent so that the arms are resting just above the knees. Clothes are of a lighter wood colour than the body. Carved in pieces which are then glued together. On a wood base.

Culture
Yoruba ?
Material
wood, adhesive and thorn
Made in
Kumasi, Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureAf579

Standing wood figure (ibeji) with black beaded waistband. Stylized black hair is slightly oblong, and is accentuated with vertical grooved lines. Three oval grooved marks on the forehead, and on each cheek. Arms are at the sides. Slight breasts, and a naval. Has a blue beaded necklace, and a blue, black, and clear orange-yellow beaded necklace. Its left arm has a string of cowrie shell, and blue, and red beads. Doll has a loin cloth carved with panels and stands straight on a circular pedestal.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
wood, paint, cowrie shell, glass and fibre
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureAf580

Standing wood female figure (ibeji) with a black beaded waistband. Stylized black hair is oblong, and is accentuated with vertical grooved lines, which also elaborate upon the feather-shaped adornments. Three oval grooved marks on the forehead, and on each cheek. Arms are at the sides, left hand holds a string with cowrie shells. Has breasts pointing downward, and outward. Has knees and a naval. Wears a blue beaded necklace. Stands on circular pedestal with diamond pattern carved on base.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
wood, glass, cowrie shell, fibre and paint
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Game BoardK2.225

Long wood piece with parallel sides and both ends tapered to a point. There are six pairs of circular pots in the middle, totalling twelve, with a triangular dish at each tapered end. There are two rectangular legs, one at each end, and both of which are carved with a closed wall at the end and opening up toward the middle with three pairs of columns where there is a cylindrical leg in the middle which flares downward. The columns are carved with various geometric designs. The cylindrical leg tapers upward into a smaller square hole at the centre top of the wood piece which is surrounded by a carved grooved diamond shape around which the top has a design of many longitudinal grooved lines. Stained black.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
wood
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wand921/5

A dark wood piece with a double back-to-back face on one end that has two triangular protrusions around the face and pointing upward. The stem of the handle has a horizontal triangular pattern all around surrounded by horizontal lines, four on the top and three on the bottom. Near the bottom, there is a circular rim with a loop at the end.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
wood
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure1384/7 a-b

A wood figure (part a) dressed in a uniform and high heels with a gun slung across his right shoulder and on his left hip. Shirt and upper high heels painted white. Wears a tie. Grey eyes painted white in surrounding area. Some square badges painted white. Has upraised grooved eyebrows, moustache, and hair. Has a hat (part b) with a crown decoration at the front and oval rows around its oval shape.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gelede Mask1373/1

Human face mask with oval-shaped base. Hair section takes up two-thirds of the mask and extends upwards at an angle. Hair on mask has three rows of raised rectangular sections that are painted with alternating colours of yellow, and black with yellow dots. The face takes up one-third of the mask. The face has oval-shaped cut-out eyes that taper at the corners, a small nose, a slightly defined mouth, and protruding ears. Forehead, eyebrows, cheeks and chin are decorated with black and red painted designs.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wand921/4

A long metal piece with a bird on three long hollow conical pieces opening upward at the top with a ring below. Three-quarters of the way down, there is a small horseshoe-like object around the long metal piece just above four medium hollow conical pieces opening downward. Nearer to the bottom are four small hollow conical pieces opening downward.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
iron metal
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure1259/9

A carved head with shoulders for the base. There is a headpiece carved with a tassle on the left side. The headpiece is decorated with carved horizontal lines and feather-like patterned bands with a vertical feather-like pattern in the middle outlined with two lines. Lines have been carved at diagonal angles for the sideburns. The head is pointed in the middle. The face has big bulging rounded oval-like eyes with a triangular nose and a pointed mouth with crooked teeth. There are two ears at the sides and two handle-like pieces at the back of the head.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
wood
Made in
Nigeria ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gelede Mask1373/70

Dark brown coloured oval-shaped mask with two protruding panels on the top. The lower half is a human face mask with protruding eyebrows, cut-out eyeballs, small wide nose with cut-out nostrils, closed mouth and small chin protrusion. The top half is somewhat cone-shaped, decorated with cross-hatching. Protruding from either side of the head on thick posts are carved panels with overall cross-hatching detail and a central lizard-like design carved into the wood.

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