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PanelAf593

Carved wooden panel. Horizontally rectangular brown wood carved with two scenes separated by a tree. The left scene has two elaborately dressed men with the one on the left side holding a downward pointing lizard by the neck in each hand while the one on the right side is holding a sword in front of him. The right scene has a similar man holding a sword in front of him on the left side while another man is being tortured by several others as he is held horizontally with a rope around his neck and a club above his head.

Culture
Nigerian
Material
wood
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PanelAf595

Carved wooden panel. Horizontally rectangular brown wood panel with three scenes separated by a tree. The left scene has a man sitting above a horse(?) while a monkey yawns before him and a bird watches above. The middle scene has a spotted animal with its forepaws on a striped animal while a monkey covers his mouth with his forepaws and a bird is reaching for some food in the tree above. The right scene has a man climbing a tree to get food while a hunter returns with his kill with a large animal above him and a smaller man following behind him.

Culture
Nigerian
Material
wood
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PanelAf592

Carved wooden panel. Horizontally rectangular brown panel with three scenes separated by a column. The left scene has two men on the left side fighting a serpent-like creature. The middle scene has a small man holding a curved object to his mouth while he stands next to a larger man who is elaborately dressed with a helmet and holding weapons. The right scene has a man wearing a hat, a necklace, and a robe while holding a staff and a torch, who is being fanned by another man on one side, while a shorter man is at his other side.

Culture
Nigerian
Material
wood
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureAf591

Alusi figure. Standing male with arms slightly raised at sides, while the hands point outward with the palms up. Blackened slits are carved vertically across the forehead and along the cheek side ridges. Ears have protruding centres. Has a large naval that protrudes into a point. From the naval and up along the chest, there is a narrow oval that has arrow carvings within.

Culture
Igbo
Material
wood
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blouse1506/4

White, sleeveless shirt with brown embroidery and wide bottom hem. The shirt is made with a tightly pleated upper portion and a looser pleated lower portion, creating the wide bottom hem. The shirt has a brown, linear embroidered neck hole. There are two belly pockets with embroidered access slits. Surrounding the slits are nine embroidered squares with interlocking rings. There is black and white diagonal striped lining around the inside edges of the hem and sleeves. On the back there is a large embroidered square with interlocking rings and trailing ribbons.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre and silk fibre ?
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Money BoardK2.68

The board has triangle sections of cowrie shells, a fabric handle and a large triangle fringe along the bottom. The raised centre has a brown and black fabric covered cross dividing the shells into four triangle sections. In each section are balls of red and brown fabric. The back of the board has band of fabric, two patterned, one red and one white. There is a fabric handle attached to the top of the board, one side is brown and the other a red print. Along the bottom are three large triangles, each with a strand of blue beads hanging from one point.

Culture
West African
Material
fibre, glass, cowrie shell and paper
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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AnkletK2.69

Anklet with an overall c-shape and bosses on the outer edge. Three arch-shaped loops on the top at the sides and front centre, and there is a border of twisted metal along the edges of the top surface.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
brass metal
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gelede MaskK2.200

Mask with a white face and a ridged coiffure painted black. There is a disc-like shape at the front centre of the hairdo. The centres of the eyes are blue.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hat1506/3

Hat made of light orange cotton fabric with a small circle of fabric at the top. The fabric has been quilted with small stitches across the top of the crown to the shoulder where it has been embroidered with a geometric pattern in greenish-brown thread around the sides. The sides of the hat flare outwards slightly.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre ? and dye
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ToothK2.185 b-d

Three canine teeth (parts b to d) with holes drilled in them. One half of each tooth is white while the other half is slightly brown in colour. Holes are drilled into the brown portion.

Culture
Mambila
Material
tooth
Made in
Taraba, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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