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ToyK2.383

A wood bird with its wings tucked close to its body. Body is mainly dark blue. The dark green wings are decorated with a red starburst shape surrounded by smaller dark blue dots, outlined in red, with a white diagonal off centre, and a red wing tip. The back is decorated with two red dots. The eyes are white with dark blue pupils and outlined with red. Beak slighty open, and outlined with red. Tail is red, decorated with dark blue, and outlined with white and green. Blue legs standing on a circular base.

Culture
Baule
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Boli, Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure1418/1

A large wood figure with wings outstretched. The circular eyes are drilled into a deep hollow hole. Upraised eyebrows with three white circles in a row. Two horn-like pieces carved into a curve around the sides of the face. Flowing hair down the sides and for the beard as well. Hairy moustache. Four white teeth and a wood tongue. Top of head decorated with shells. Rope belt has shells on it. Carved wood skirt with vertical grooved lines of white. Short wood feet with shell and plant fibre anklets.

Culture
Dan ?
Material
wood, shell, horn, stem, hair and skin
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask1373/73

A dark wood mask with an oval face. There are three grooved semi-circles around the top with two protrusions that round upward and point backward and outward. The semi-oval eyes are cut out with slits underneath, carved with eyebrows and a long thin nose, and a small oval mouth. The cheeks have an a quadrangle carved outward. The sides have an upside down L-shape carved outward with a set of three protruding grooves above and a vertical rectangle in the middle of the forehead. The rim of the mask is perpendicular to its edges and decorated with a triangular design carved out. Behind the rim is a wide frame. The mask is on a mount.

Culture
West African
Material
wood, metal and fibre
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask919/2

Black coloured circular mask with carved wood horns that curl inwards. Rim of mask is decorated with red and white carved triangular designs. Oval-shaped eyes are cut-out. Mouth is small and rectangular with white teeth. There are two X's on the cheeks in red. Horns are painted black and have white tips.

Culture
Baule
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask1373/38

Oval-shaped mask with a slightly wider head. Head of mask is decorated with carved grooves and geometric designs. Forehead has six slightly raised bumps in the centre and a raised U-shaped design lower down on the forehead. Ears are located just above the eyes to the side of the mask. Eyes are crescent-shaped cut-outs, nose is raised and slightly rounded at the tip, and has two holes for nostrils. The mouth is rectangular-shaped with rounded edges. On either side of the mask on the cheek and chin there are a series of three raised lines. Around the perimeter of the piece from the chin to the ears are punctured holes with fibre threaded through them. The rim on the back of the mask is lined with skin backing.

Culture
West African
Material
wood, skin, fibre, paint and hair
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask1373/7

Large black and red coloured mask with two tiers. First tier is the base of the mask, is textured, has two large holes on either side of the base and six smaller holes around the perimeter at the top of the mask. Second tier is disk-like, eyes of the mask are oval-shaped, are red, and have protruding black eyeballs in the centre. The mouth is red, long and rectangular, and is decorated with small incised triangular shapes to indicate teeth. Tubular-shaped horns are at the top of the mask, curve inwards so they are almost touching. They have white painted tips.

Culture
Baule
Material
wood, paint and fibre
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure1373/23

Female figure adorned with a strand of white beads around her neck, a strand of orange beads around her waist, and a braided strand of fibre around her rib area. Face is protruding and oval-shaped, and is decorated with raised dotted patterns under eyes, on cheeks, and near mouth. Figure has a large head with a bun and a long braid that extends midway down the back. Breasts are defined, arms are at sides, and hands are resting on hips. The figure has a defined belly button, female genitalia, linear marks on stomach and dotted marks on back and neck. Legs of figure are bent at knees, feet are forward and attached to base.

Culture
Baule
Material
wood, stain, glass and fibre
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask1373/12

Dark brown wooden humanoid mask with two long, curved horns atop the head. Two vertical, cylindrical appendages extend from both sides of the chin. Two flat, rectangular fin-like shapes protrude from the sides of the head just below the ears.

Culture
West African
Material
wood and stain
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask1373/9

Black coloured oval-shaped mask with two curved and tapered down turned horns. The face has carved and scalloped geometric designs on forehead, thinly carved vertical line from forehead down to eyebrow ridge, thinly carved eyebrow ridges, a wider nose ridge with small defined nostrils, red coloured eyelids, small slits for eyes, and small red lips. Jagged triangular-shaped edge on the perimeter of face.

Culture
West African
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask1373/6

A carved black face mask with two horns that protrude upward and curve concavely. The rounded eyes are carved with slits. The oval mouth with teeth gently protrudes outward. At each side there protrudes, from top to bottom, a vertical rectangle with two sets of four horizontal lines, a knob, and a "leg" which points downward.

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