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Figure1373/50

Small brown, carved, standing female human figure with short hair and protruding, conical breasts. Figure has articulated legs, arms, shoulder blades, and protruding, conical buttocks.

Culture
West African
Material
wood and stain ?
Made in
West Africa, Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureAf477

Carved wooden bust of a young person. Short curly hair accentuated with grooved hole-like pattern. Even realistic features with a high forehead. The eyes are wide open with a substantial nose and mouth. Back and sides of neck flow into base which extends slightly forward beyond the plane of the face. Base is decorated by striations on the vertical plane and peck marks on extension beyond throat.

Culture
West African
Material
wood and stain
Made in
West Africa, Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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AnkletK2.26 a-b

Pair of anklets composed of beige-coloured fibre with brown seed husks fastened to short lengths of twined plant fabre on straps of braided plant fibre.

Culture
Hausa
Material
plant fibre and seed
Made in
West Africa, Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatK4.180

Square woven cloth with fringed sides. The cloth is dark yellow with a thin brown line along each side. There is a second brown line along one side. There is a fine yellow fringe on each side.

Culture
West African ?
Material
bark
Made in
West Africa, Africa ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatK4.178 a-b

Rectangular, finely woven mat with fringed sides (part a). The mat is natural coloured with no designs. There is a fine, long fringe on the two long sides. There is a medium-length fringe on one end. There is a very short fringe on the other end. Rectangular, finely woven mat with fringed sides (part b). The mat is natural coloured with no designs. There is a fine, long fringe on the two long sides. There is a medium-length fringe on one end. There is a very short fringe on the other end.

Culture
West African ?
Material
grass
Made in
West Africa, Africa ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatK4.177

Rectangular woven mat with fringed ends. The mat was twisted and woven on a simple handloom. There is a seam up the centre. It has a black interlocking diamond pattern on a natural background. There is a fine, natural and black leaf fringe on both ends. There is an added thick natural leaf fringe on one end.

Culture
West African ?
Material
palm leaf
Made in
West Africa, Africa ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatK2.122

Large round woven basket or mat with bands of woven colour. The mat has a yellow centre that is ringed with alternating black and beige bands, and a thick red with beige band. The rim of the mat is black. Edges flare slightly upwards.

Culture
West African
Material
grass and dye
Made in
West Africa, Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Musical InstrumentK2.409 a-d

A large object (part a) with a long wood band across two-thirds of the way down a wood arched frame. Above the long wood band, there are fourteen flat rectangular wood pieces lying perpendicular to the long wood band but parallel in association with each other and tied together with skin and string. Below the long wood band, there are ten gourds decreasing in size all in a row. (Gourds and plaques tied and resinated together.) There are two sticks (parts b-c). The largest gourd (part d) is loose.

Culture
West African
Material
wood, fibre, gourd fruit and resin
Made in
West Africa, Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SwordK2.435

A metal sword with a male head finial that has bulging eyes and a head piece which wraps around at the end of the handle. Underneath the head, there is a pattern of two protruding, four grooved, two protruding, and four grooved horizontal ridges along the cylindrical handle itself. The blade is incised with geometric patterns consisting of quadrangles with cross hatch marks within, wave-like curls, and dots, as well as a floral pattern with leaves.

Culture
West African
Material
bronze metal
Made in
West Africa, Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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