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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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Ornament1373/31

Round, dome-shaped, white-brown carved object with a grey geometric pattern encompassing the border. Five rings of alternating grey and uncoloured lines are carved around the circumference, with the final ring enclosing an orange-coloured circle covering the top of the dome.

Culture
West African
Material
gourd fruit and graphite mineral
Made in
Nigeria ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ornament1373/24

Round, dome-shaped, white-brown carved object with a grey geometric pattern encompassing the border. Five rings of alternating grey and uncoloured lines are carved around the circumference, with the final ring enclosing an orange-coloured circle covering the top of the dome.

Culture
West African
Material
gourd fruit and graphite mineral
Made in
Nigeria ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Stencil732/1

Rectangular-shaped grey coloured tin stencil with dotted cut-out cross-hatching design. In between cross-hatching are alternating rows of cut-out designs depicting flowers and umbrellas. Two of the four sides of the piece have solid tin edges. The longer tin side has a central cut-out hole. The front side of the stencil is smooth and the reverse is slightly raised.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
tin metal
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure1373/68

Standing wood figure (ibeji) of a woman with a large conical shaped headdress, with grooves along the sides of her face. Large breasts pointed downward at an angle. Arms to her sides. Large flat square feet on oval base. Wearing pelvic garment.

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