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Charm2849/5

Miniature wooden mask. Face is long, wide at forehead and narrows toward chin, which is somewhat pointed. The eye area and mouth protrude, and lips are slightly open. A line is carved around the upper forehead. The rear of the mask is concave.

Culture
Dan
Material
wood
Made in
Liberia ? or Cote d'Ivoire ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Heddle Pulley2849/6

Heddle pulley figure. The head and neck of a woman decorate the top of this apparatus used in strip weaving. The face is long and narrow, with a small mouth, long narrow nose, and lightly carved eyes that appear closed. Ears are carved high, at the temples. A small, square hat sits atop an elaborate hairstyle carved in a zigzag pattern, which is gathered and falls thickly from the neck. The neck is thin and very long. Below is a rounded piece that would hold a spool (which does not accompany the object), with holes bored through the two vertical holding arms. A hole is also bored through the object just beneath the figure’s hat.

Culture
Guro ?
Material
wood
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2820/1

Standing female figure with short legs, long torso, and ahead that tapers to a point at the top back. The figure has a protruding belly button, square chin, and smaller nose. Its neck is the same width as its chin and has four small bumps and a raised ring around its middle. The breasts of the figure are decorated with lines formed from raised diamond shapes. The legs are bulbous, coming in at the knee from both the calf and the thigh. The front of both feet appear to be missing.

Culture
Bete
Material
wood
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerK2.336 a-b

Gourd container (parts a-b) with a bulbous base that tapers to a funnel shaped neck (part a). Part b is a semi-spherical shaped lid with a looped leather tie on top. The entire gourd is dark red with a shallow engraved design of various geometric patterns. The central line is painted green along with alternating lines along the bottom of the base. The inside of both pieces is hollow.

Culture
Hausa
Material
gourd fruit, pigment and skin
Made in
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JarK2.293 a-b

Orange-beige, round pot (part a) with a lid (part b). Pot has a circular base; upper portion consists of four panels alternating between two horizontal bands of double zig zags and a wide band of diagonal lines, one of which has dots within. Panels are divided by upraised dots at each corner. Lower portion consists of four interconnected downward curving bands that have dots within and that are bordered by dash lines and dots in relief and impressed. The lid dips downward concavely and has a knob at the centre with a horizontal zig zag band around the rim. The colour is uneven with some dark patches.

Culture
Baule
Material
clay
Made in
Bouake, Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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UrnK2.241 a-b

Hand modelled, beige clay pot with a lid. Pot (part a) has three textured patterns all around the bowl and the neck with the upper sides which consist of three panels of fifteen to seventeen horizontal bands that have incised vertical lines within ending in ten to eleven knobs at either end. In between these panels, there is an upward facing bird. The lid (part b) has a modelled human head with large ears and upright hair or a crested helmet on top.

Culture
Anyi
Material
clay
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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VesselK2.297 a-b

Red clay vessel (part a) with a lid (part b). Pot has two textured panels around the upper sides which consist of thirteen horizontal bands that have incised vertical lines within ending in six knobs at either end. In between these panels, at either side, there is an upward facing lizard in relief. The lid has a chameleon that has incised horizontal lines across its body and impressed dashes along its legs.

Culture
Baule
Material
clay
Made in
Bouake, Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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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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