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FigureAf516

A carved wood female figure with a flat chin holding a bowl on her head. Hair is carved with an elaborate braid coiled around her head, on top of which, there is a bowl carved with a snake around it. The eyes bulge outward; wide nose and lips. There are three vertical scarification marks on each cheek. Her arms are bent perpendicularly at the elbows so that her hands are on her angled breasts. She is in a kneeling position.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
wood and stain
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Jar893/1

Bronze-painted jar with flared foot, protruding band just below shoulder, and flared neck.; another protruding band at base of neck; handle from shoulder to lip. Decoration on shoulder of diagonally stamped, bumpy lines.

Culture
West African
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Nigeria ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bell1259/10

Four-sided bell with looped metal handle on top. Each side is square-shaped at the bottom, angles slightly inwards towards the top and edges decorated with a spiral metalwork design. Three of the four sides have metal cross-hatching designs and the fourth side has a human face protruding from its surface. The ringer, a long metal wire with small globular ball at end, is found on inside and is attached to the top of the underside of the piece.

Culture
West African
Material
brass metal
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure1259/8

Hollow, cylindrical figure of a face with protruding features; eyes are recessed. Above and below face are rows of brickwork that go around entire circumference; face is only on one side of cylinder, other side is plain; above top layer of brickwork is a domed area decorated with incised diagonal crosshatching.

Culture
West African
Material
clay
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Container1198/3

Five halved, spherical gourd shells set round side up and strung together in a row with wire. Each gourd is shallowly carved with different geometric and curvilinear designs, then painted black, orange and yellow-orange.

Culture
Nupe ?
Material
gourd fruit, paint and metal
Made in
Nigeria ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PotAf513

Brown decorated pot with a flat base, round body tapering to a small neck and flared rim. The rim has a cross-hatch design. Tiny points circle around the neck. Attched to the upper body are animal figures and symbols. Around the body middle is a double band of vertical indentations. The lower body is undecorated.

Culture
Yoruba ?
Material
clay
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ornament1373/74

Hollow, white-brown, dome-shaped object with four bands of carved, grey, double lines encompassing the circumference. The top of the dome features a carved sun-like shape, with grey lines and arrow-like shapes radiating from the circular centre.

Culture
West African
Material
gourd fruit and graphite mineral
Made in
Nigeria ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ornament1373/55

Round, convex, white-brown carved and coloured object with a zigzag border encompassing it. The main body consists of a circle divided in a tic-tac-toe manner by two sets of parallel lines. The centre square has a diamond shape carved in it, with four more diamonds carved in the squares adjacent to the central diamond's four corners. The four corner squares in the tic-tac-toe arrangement each have a right angled chevron-shape carved so that, taken together, the four shapes appear to be the corners of a square. All of the shapes are coloured with double, grey, thick, pencil-like lines and are deeply carved, creating negative space around them. The top of the object features a protruding, angular design with two small carved circles and a small triangular hole at the apex.

Culture
West African
Material
gourd fruit and graphite mineral
Made in
Nigeria ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask1373/36

Dome-shaped black coloured mask of an animal with long tapered horns carved in relief and decorated with lightly carved striped designs, crescent-shaped cut out eyes, thin humped nose ridge, and protruding mouth that is open and tapers to a squared-off point. On either side face are long rectangular pieces carved in relief and decorated with lightly carved zigzag designs.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dance Wand1373/32

Dark brown wooden carving of a standing human figure. Figure wears a long, curved, tapering hat with rounded shapes carved down the centre. Figure's hands are clutched in front of its chest. Figure stands on a vertical handle-like base with a thicker, flared bottom.

Culture
West African
Material
wood, stain and fibre
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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