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TextileK2.166

Textile composed of two pieces of cloth sewn together and tie-dyed in blue and dark yellow on white damask with a circle and stylized floral pattern. The textile is further decorated with rows of a white block print swirl pattern. One of the shorter edges is unfinished, and the opposite edge is finished with a hand-stitched hem.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileK2.165

Textile of blue cotton tie-dyed with alternating bands of mottled black and blue, and bands of roughly parallel black lines, with a band of black at each end. The ends are unfinished.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileK2.164

Textile composed of two joined pieces of white cotton damask that has a stylized floral pattern. The damask is dyed with a concentric diamond pattern in mottled blue with dark indigo corners. The ends are unfinished.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre and indigo dye
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileK2.163

Textile made of cotton damask featuring a flower and leaf design that is tie-dyed with indigo in a "diamond" pattern. The shorter edges have machine-stitched hems, and one edge is also folded over.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre and indigo dye
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileK2.162

Textile composed of two pieces of cotton damask with a leaf pattern sewn together. The cotton textile is tie-dyed with indigo and orange-brown dye to form a mottled pattern at the centre and bands of dark greenish-blue at the ends. The ends are unfinished.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre, dye and indigo dye
Made in
Sierra Leone ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileK2.161

Textile with dark blue ends and mottled dark blue and orange at the centre. The ends of the cloth are unfinished.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileK2.160

Textile with mottled blue ends and a mottled dark blue and orange tye-dyed pattern at the centre with vague rows. The ends of the cloth are unfinished.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileK2.159

Textile with black ends and a mottled black and an orange tye-dyed pattern at the centre. The ends of the cloth are unfinished.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3522/46

Carved stone figure in crouching position. Figure has a pronounced brow over deep eye sockets; eyes are bulging, eyebrows done in relief. Nose is long and hooked; lips are straight and protruding. Raised ridges, consisting of square and oval-like shapes, carved across head, imitating hair(?). Arms are held tightly against body with hands resting on top of knees. Buttocks and shoulder blades carved in relief.

Culture
Kissi
Material
stone
Made in
Sierra Leone ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3522/51

Humanoid face made of packed clay and pigment. Face has a large forehead, with a triangle-shaped piece of red-pink glass embedded in its centre, that tapers into a narrow face; chin is squat. Cowrie shell eyes frame a hooked nose that has a braid of plant fibre attached to its base, imitating a moustache. Mouth is open and has a protruding bottom lip. Two deep channels are moulded onto the top of the head, creating three high ridges across the surface. Both channels have strands of plant fibre in them, secured with wooden pegs; similar strand is attached to the top of the centre ridge. Plant fibre braids are nailed along the edges of the face. All plant fibre imitates hair. Back of carving and base are undecorated.

Culture
Kissi
Material
stone ?, pigment, plant fibre, metal, glass, cowrie shell and wood
Made in
Sierra Leone ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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