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ContainerK2.335 a-b

Very plain, round, yellow calabash fruit cut in two before drying to create a bowl (part a) with a lid (part b). Both rims are brown. From the rim, on one side of the bowl (part a), there is a triple incised downward pointing triangle. From the rim, on one side of the lid (part b), there are three upward pointing triangles.

Culture
West African
Material
calabash fruit
Made in
Bouake, Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureK2.228

Woman seated on a stool. Senufo style coiffure. Stained black. She has large, closed eyes, a nose, and a mouth with pointed lips. A pair of grooved lines runs down across each breast. A pair of dashed grooved lines runs down the midle of her body to the navel. Her hands rest on each respective knee. The stool has two back legs while the woman's feet at the front provide the rest of the support.

Culture
Senufo
Material
wood
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureAf518

Female figure breast feeding while she sits on a four-legged stool. She has tapering oval in tapering oval eyes with upraised grooved brows above, a long thin nose, a small mouth, and ears. Scarification ? marks at either side of her face. Her hair is piled on top of her head in a bun with another bun at the back of her head. A rounded protrusion is at either top side of her head. Her long neck has scarification ? marks. An upraised grid pattern is carved at either side of her waist. Her right arm is bent so that her hand can hold her left breast as she feeds the baby in her left hand. An anklet is around each ankle. The baby is resting is left arm across its stomach.

Culture
Baule
Material
wood
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold WeightK2.315

Relatively square metal piece with a design that represents eight units of weight. The middle is double-grooved at either end with four protrusions at either side.

Culture
Akan
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold WeightK2.314

Thick, rectangular metal piece with a design that consists of a snake pattern with lines (horizontal along one long edge while zig zags are along the other long edge) representing units of weight.

Culture
Akan
Material
copper metal
Made in
Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskAf514

Mask depicting a figure with a humanoid face, curved horns at the top of the head, small ears beside the horns, and a rim around the face with a sarrated edge as well as a pointed beard-like protrusion under the chin incised with lines. An angled, undecorated section with several holes, pointed at the bottom, emerges from behind the face.

Culture
Baule
Material
wood, stain and metal
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureAg68

Human-like figure riding an animal, possibly a horse? Human-like figure has an oblong head with narrow eyes, a long thin nose, a small mouth, and a pointed chin. Long, thin body has a protruding belly and short legs. Wears a conical cap with a knob at the top centre. Figure's left arm holds the reins. Animal has a long oval face with narrow eyes, a long thin nose, and a small mouth with pointed ears and a ridge along the middle of its forehead. Has a smooth, tapering, pointed tail. Each pair of legs are connected by a triangular formation.

Culture
Senufo
Material
wood
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureAf517

A brown wooden figure of a male with small breasts and a phallus. The crescent-shaped eyes have brows above. Has a nose and a small mouth. Carved with four upraised vertical bars on each cheek. Has large ears. Hair is in angled sections with linear grooves. The front of the neck has a bulge with an upraised carved grid rectangular pattern at either side and at the back. The arms are slightly bent at the sides. Standing on a base.

Culture
Baule
Material
wood
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskK2.418

Stylized human mask with an elongated face, bulbous eyes and cheeks, and a low brow ridge; black hair attached at chin. Black mask with an open red mouth. Remnants of burlap-like material attached around the sides.

Culture
Dan ?
Material
wood, hair, fibre, paint ? and metal
Made in
Liberia ? or Cote d'Ivoire ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Heddle PulleyAg72

Heddle pulley with figure depicted at top. The figure has has pursed lips, circular eyes, a roughly square bump on the forehead, four protrusions at the top of its head with one tassel attached through a hole in one of the topmost protrusions, a vertical arched ridge at the back of the head, two pointed protrusions on either side of the chin, and conical breasts. String is wrapped around the back of the head with two groups of knots from which several strands of string emerge. Two arms just downwards, each with a hole through the end.

Culture
Senufo
Material
wood, fibre and stain
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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