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Mask2704/5

Black mask with horns. The mask has a round forehead with gold bar, red flap ears, wide cheeks and white eyes with open corners. Under the eyes are yellow half circles with red and white dots. The lower jaw is movable but secured with leather ties, splitting through the large red lips. The interior is unpainted.

Culture
West African
Material
wood, paint and leather skin
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask2704/4

Black portrait mask with thick purple rattan fringe. The dark brown mask has a rounded top with a brim, two open eyeholes, a long nose bent at a right angle and lips off to the left side of the mask. The back is lined with burlap, secured using small holes around the edge. The thick purple fringe surrounding the mask is also attached using the small holes.

Culture
Ibibio
Material
wood, palm leaf, dye, paint and jute fibre
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask2704/3 a-d

Yellow wooden mask with a man's face and bird's beak (part a). The man's face has features painted in black on yellow ground. On the side of the head are red curls. From the bottom extends a long curved beak with line, dot and circle motifs in red, white, and black. Attached upon the mask by metal rods are small wooden birds (part b-c). The birds are painted with black and red dots. Attached to the centre of the mask by a metal rod is a red human figure (part d). The figure wears a black hat and clothes. The long arms are movable.

Culture
West African
Material
wood, paint and metal
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Armband2704/21

Large, long metal armband with central geometric incised design on both the surface and flanking the slit opening on the underside. In between the design are incised horizontal lines bordered by a braided-like pattern. The ends are slightly flared.

Culture
Edo ?
Material
copper alloy metal
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask2704/2

Wooden mask painted black. Animal has a round head and long snout with white teeth, red gums and pink protruding tongue. The eyes are painted on in black and white, rimmed in red. The carved ears loop around into a point, painted red. The under side of base is unpainted and carved out.

Culture
West African
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BlouseAf456 a

Blouse that together with a skirt (Af456 b) and head-tie (Af456 c) forms an outfit. The blouse has short sleeves, rounded neck, and is composed of narrow black cotton strips sewn together; decorated with four vertical rows of gold metallic thread per strip and three horizontal rows repeated within each strip but not aligned between strips. A linear, solid geometric pattern occurs randomly, in gold, silk thread.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
cotton fibre, metal, silk fibre and dye
Made in
Ibadan, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CaseK2.276

Case composed of two rectangles of cardboard covered in leather and folded against each other. One side of the case contains a mirror on the inside, and both sides are joined with a strip of red leather attached at the top centre of each. A loop is created at the centre of the leather strip by a band of red leather. The outside of the case is painted red with a roughly symmetrical geometric design in carbon ink and the edges of the design are emphasized with indented lines.

Culture
Hausa
Material
leather skin, paper, silver alloy metal ? and glass
Made in
Zaria, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CaseK2.270

Case composed of two rectangles of cardboard covered in leather and folded against each other. One side of the case contains a mirror on the inside, and both sides are joined with a strip of leather attached at the top centre of each. A loop is created at the centre of the leather strip by a band of twisted red leather. The outside of the case is painted red with a roughly symmetrical geometric design in carbon ink.

Culture
Hausa
Material
leather skin, paper, silver alloy metal ?, glass, dye and ink
Made in
Zaria, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LadleK2.268

Spoon carved from one piece of wood with a shallow bowl that has a pointed tip, a handle with a roughly circular tip, and designs in poker work featuring bands on the handle where it meets the bowl and a triangular shape at the bowl tip as well as two lines that border the bowl rim.

Culture
Hausa
Material
wood
Made in
Giwa, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonK2.265

Spoon made from one half of a gourd with poker work designs applied to the inner surfaces. Several lines are burnt into the handle edges, the tip of the handle is blackened, and the edges of the bowl are blackened with a series of lines at the front centre of the bowl edge. A symmetrical design consisting of two v shapes and two crescent shapes joined by a darkened area decorates the inner bowl and an x shape ornaments the bowl where it tapers to a handle. The inner handle is decorated with two lines tha run lengthwise.

Culture
Hausa
Material
gourd fruit
Made in
Giwa, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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