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Bracelet2960/28

Round bracelet, carved out of a single piece of ivory. The bracelet is thick, with a shiny and smooth surface. The sides are straight on the interior and rounded on the exterior. The ivory has many cracks on the surface that appear to encircle the bracelet, and have aged to a dark brown. They are mostly absent from the interior surface

Culture
West African ?
Material
elephant ivory
Made in
West Africa, Africa ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask2960/24

Wooden mask with very long raffia hair. Mask has a narrow pointed chin with an open mouth, small nose, and closed eyes with narrow slits for viewing holes. The brows are pronounced, a double line, rounded, meeting above the nose. Brows and eyelids are emphasized with small, evenly placed pieces of a bronze coloured metal. At the temples are carved small rectangular protrusions and the forehead is covered with rounded lines of protruding dots, holding small metal nails as decoration. Above the forehead are three prow shaped protrusions, decorated at their top ridges with metal, and carved lines down the sides. The crown of the head from the temples is decorated with embedded cowrie shells. Holes pierce the wood below the cheeks, and a wide ring of wood surrounds the mask on sides and bottom. Attached to this are mounds of raffia palm strips that serve as hair.

Culture
Baule ?
Material
wood, palm leaf, cowrie shell and copper metal
Made in
West Africa, Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketK4.160 a-b

Circular basket with a domed lid (part b). Main design consists of orange and black with natural colour in a checkered pattern with striped borders. Domed lid has collapsed ridge near top.

Culture
West African ?
Material
grass and bark
Made in
West Africa, Africa ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold Dust Box2815/14 a-b

House-shaped box with lid. The cylindrical box is made of a thin sheet of brass that is joined at a seam held together with nails. It is decorated with a series of regularly spaced vertical lines, reminiscent of slats on a house. A removable cone shaped lid tops the box, and its rim fits snuggly over the box’s edge. The lid is decorated with patterns of lines of different lengths and at different angles, suggesting a straw roof. The top point of the box is bent slightly inward and has a small hole in the centre. The box sits on an attached bottomless base of the same construction. It has three rectangular holes cut into it, like small windows. It is also decorated with the slat motif.

Culture
West African ?
Material
brass metal
Made in
West Africa, Africa ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tusk2853/9

Elephant tusk. The tusk is curved, with a smooth, shiny surface. The colour gradates from a light yellow-white at the top open edge to a light brown near the tip. It is hollow and smooth on the inside, with thin walls and a wide opening at top that thickens and narrow toward the tip.

Culture
West African ?
Material
elephant tusk
Made in
West Africa, Africa ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tool2815/1

Implement with a long wooden handle holding a long, narrow, metal blade. The handle is slightly flared at the bottom and clubbed at the top. Through a hole in the clubbed portion, the metal blade has been inserted at a downward angle. It tapers to a sharp flair at the working end, and a cylinder of metal has been attached at the other to prevent the piece from slipping through the hole in the wood. A ring has been inserted into the flared end of the handle.

Culture
West African ?
Material
wood and iron metal
Made in
West Africa, Africa ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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AxeK2.415 a-c

Three (parts a-c) plain, orange-grey stones. The first piece (part a) has an oblong rectangular shape with both sides rounded but flatter at the tops and bottoms while one end on both sides tapers at an angle, creating a flat, triangular-shaped edge which is more flared than the other more rounded end. The second piece (part b) has a thinner, oblong rectangular shape with both sides rounded while one end on both sides tapers at an angle, creating a flat, triangular-shaped edge which is more flared than the other blunter end. The third piece (part c) has a wider, oblong rectangular shape that is convexely curved on one side while the other side tapers at an angle, creating a flat, triangular-shaped edge which is more flared than the other end.

Culture
West African
Material
stone
Made in
West Africa, Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NeedleK2.278

Plain metal needle. Pointed tip at one end. The other end curls over to create a loop, the end of which inserts into the side of the needle itself. Along this same length, the metal is folded over to close the needle length in a flat, cylindrical-like manner.

Culture
Hausa
Material
metal
Made in
West Africa, Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ancestor FigureK2.460

Female figure with a thin head that is oval in profile. A ridge of hair goes along the top and the back of the head. Small crescent-shaped eyes with a long, thin nose, and a small mouth. A pair of horizontal lines are incised across the forehead. Diagonal lines are incised at either side of the face. Has ears and a cylindrical neck. Elongated body has breasts and slightly bent knees. The arms rest at either side. Across the shoulders and the upper portion of the chest, x's and zig zag's are incised.

Culture
West African
Material
wood
Made in
West Africa, Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatK4.175

Square, checkered mat with fringed sides. The checkered pattern is created from natural and dark brown plant fibre. Each small natural coloured square has several brown lines. The squares are woven so that the direction of the brown lines alternates, creating a checkered or woven pattern. There is a fine, long fringe on the two sides. There is a medium-length fringe on one side. There is a very short fringe on the other side.

Culture
West African ?
Material
palm leaf
Made in
West Africa, Africa ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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