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Drum3326/25

Three-legged drum. Cylindrical body, tapering in slightly toward a raised band horizontal around the drum. The base has three feet. The animal hide with fur is stretched across the end and fits over sticks inserted in the wood. A thin band of animal skin is woven around the wood pegs in a zigzag pattern to hold the skin in place.

Culture
West African
Material
wood, skin and stain
Made in
West Africa, Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Miniature Mask3123/53

Miniature mask in bronze. Face is oblong in shape, wide at temples, narrowing toward chin. Face has heavily lidded eyes, almost closed but for a slight opening in the right eye cut through the metal to the back of the piece. Brows are arched. Nose is long, relatively flat, with protruding nostrils. Lips are rectangular in shape and also protrude, as does a braided moustache with rolled tips. A small mark sits on the cheek below the left eye. A headband sits across the forehead, behind which are several rows of braided hair, rolled at the front. Interior of mask is concave.

Culture
West African
Material
bronze metal
Made in
West Africa, Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bracelet3123/52

Bronze bracelet. Piece is slightly oblong in width, with curled ends at back opening, and three protruding circles at front with jingling noisemakers in their hollow centres. The top front is engraved with small loops and linear designs on the bracelet and an uneven pattern of dots on the protruding circles, which also appear on their back-side.

Culture
West African ?
Material
bronze metal
Made in
West Africa, Africa ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bow3123/33

Bow made of wood and hair. A short piece of wood is bent into a 'U' shape, with several strands of what appears to be horse hair stretched between the ends, and attached by white plastic tape. The wood is partially painted green.

Culture
West African
Material
wood, horse hair ? and plastic
Made in
West Africa, Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Stringed Musical Instrument3123/32

Stringed musical instrument. A long thin neck of wood is joined to a long, narrow, wood body which is partially wrapped in skin attached by metal nails to the instrument’s underside. Plastic strings stretch from the neck, where they are held by staggered leather thongs, to a wooden bridge near the bottom of the body, meeting several cotton strings that are used for tightening. A thin braided leather strap is connected to the bottom of the body and partway along the neck.

Culture
Bamana ? or Fulani ?
Material
wood, skin, plastic, metal and cotton fibre ?
Made in
West Africa, Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Stringed Musical Instrument3123/31

Stringed musical instrument. A long squared neck of wood, carved with several sets of diagonal lines, pierces the top of a round, hollow gourd, emerging as a short peg on the opposite side. Two long wood pins pierce the neck, each holding a metal string that stretch to make contact with a small wood bridge on the gourd, and extend to wrap around the peg. The bridge is glued to a piece of skin stretched over a large hole in the top of the gourd, attached with small wood pins. Gourd is decorated with carved lines in the shape of foliage.

Culture
Bamana ? or Fulani ?
Material
gourd fruit, wood, metal, skin and adhesive
Made in
West Africa, Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Power Figure3103/28

Carved wooden figure standing upright on round pedestal. Top of head is flat. Two holes drilled through figure; one down through head and body, and one across head from ear to ear. Curved line carved from ear to ear over narrow eyes, T-shaped nose, and small open mouth. Ears formed from raised semi circle around small bump. Thick round neck meets narrow shoulders. Thin arms bent at elbow and held at chest. Fingers carved into hands. Nipples and belly button carved from chest and stomach. Short legs bent at knees with toes carved into feet. Shoulder blades and buttocks protrude from back with incised line running between the two.

Culture
Kongo
Material
wood
Made in
West Africa, Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Victory Textile3044/1

Large contemporary cloth commemorating Barack Obama’s election as 44th president of the United States of America. The cloth is printed with a repeating pattern that includes a photo of a waving Obama dressed in a suit, an American flag, black writing on white panels, and linear decorations and motifs.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre, dye and ink
Made in
West Africa, Africa ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bracelet2960/29

Round bracelet made out of four similarly sized, curved pieces of ivory. The pieces are attached by inset strips of wood and four small, decorative nails per piece, visible on the top and bottom of the bracelet. The sides of the bracelet are squared.

Culture
West African ?
Material
wart hog tusk and wood
Made in
West Africa, Africa ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pipe2960/30

Wooden pipe with carved face. The pipe is long with a thick round outcropping at midpoint, hollowed. Above, the wood is evenly wrapped for 7 cm with thin coiled copper wire, up to where a smooth round head is carved. The face is flat with a long nose decorated with four incised circles. Two eyes sit to either side of the nose, made of embedded small red beads. Three small holes are bored into the top and sides of the head. An incised ring has been cut in the wood near the bottom end of the pipe.

Culture
West African ?
Material
copper metal and plastic ?
Made in
West Africa, Africa ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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