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Cuneiform TabletM4.19

Cream-coloured clay cone with cuneiform inscription. One end tapers to a rounded point, the other has a flat, slightly domed base. The sides of the body have very worn, vertical linear inscriptions.

Culture
Sumerian
Material
clay
Made in
Girsu, Iraq
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SherdM4.16 f

Rectangular shaped, dark yellow clay sherd with a tapered rim and a slightly concaved shape. Painted on the rim is a series of black triangles; the body has a black, rectangular strip along the top edge. Fragment of a larger object.

Culture
Near East
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Eridu, Iraq
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SherdM4.16 d

Triangular in shape, grey clay sherd with a rounded rim and a slightly concaved body. The sherd has a green slip and is painted black with thick lines. Fragment of a larger object.

Culture
Near East
Material
clay and pigment
Made in
Eridu, Iraq
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SherdM4.16 c

Slightly triangular in shape, red clay sherd with a rounded rim and a slightly concaved body. The sherd has a cream slip and is painted red with lines and crosshatching. Fragment of a larger object.

Culture
Near East
Material
clay and paint ?
Made in
Eridu, Iraq
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SherdM4.16 b

Rectangular in shape, green clay sherd with a rounded rim and an unevenly concaved body. The sherd is painted black and decorated with a geometric design of chevrons, lines, stripes and dots. Green slip. Fragment of a larger object.

Culture
Near East
Material
clay and paint ?
Made in
Eridu, Iraq
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PointM4.15

Triangular shaped, projectile point made of grey stone. Point has flake scarring on both sides; a contracting, rectangular shaped haft stem; side-notched. The edges are serrated.

Culture
Near East
Material
stone
Made in
Irbil, Iraq
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DaggerK3.4 a-b

Dagger, or knife and sheath (part b). Iron blade with a dark wooden handle. The sheath is composed of hippopotamus and crocodile skin and has a stamped geometric design as well as braided trim, and a loop handle attached at the top.

Culture
East African
Material
wood, crocodile skin, hippopotamus skin, iron metal and metal
Made in
Somalia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureK2.425

Form of a woman holding up a bowl above her head. Has rounded bulging eyes that have a hole grooved in the centre, a flat nose, and a mouth. A cylindrical extension goes between the top middle of her breasts to underneath her chin. Has an extended round stomach. Knees are bent. Her hands extend upward as they hold a bowl above her head.

Culture
Dogon
Material
wood
Made in
Mali
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskK2.423

Human face mask with a crescent superstructure. Oval cut out eyes are narrow. Eyebrows are connected to the long, thin, deep nose. Open mouth has long upper teeth. Wide ears with smaller, upper ear-like features above. Scarification marks on the cheeks, the forehead, and the sides of the face. Four triangular protrusions run along the middle of the forehead. Crescent superstructure is supported by a prong at either side with four inner prongs.

Culture
Senufo
Material
wood
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureK2.421

A Nomoli sculpture of a human figure carved with a downward pointing triangular face, high brows, large nose, round bulging eyes, and a big protruding mouth. The legs are short, and crouched with the arms, and the hands, wrapped around the knees in front.

Culture
Mende
Material
stone
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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