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ContainerAj115

Large brown, semi-brown yellow in areas, gourd container. Slants to one side, has no lid, and is unfinished at the mouth rim. Incised all over with human figures shown in cultivation and farming with two cows, as well as geometric designs of plants and abstract motifs. All crosshatched or lined.

Culture
Kamba
Material
fibre, rubber and calabash fruit
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlK2.17

Bottom of bowl is orange and the rest is a beige shade. Carved lines and triangular-shaped motifs in horizontal bands.

Culture
West African
Material
calabash fruit
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerK2.20 a-b

Round container (part a) with lid (part b). Simple geometric designs in horizontal bands around the outer surface, in shades of brown stain.

Culture
West African
Material
calabash fruit
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Decorated GourdK2.5

Semi-rounded, brown piece carved with a bird figure in the centre while the top and the bottom have a lizard. There are also geometric figures, borders, and panels.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
calabash fruit
Made in
Ilorin, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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One-note XylophoneK4.54 a-b

Kamba made of a calabash sounding chamber with a burned dotted design. The sticks supporting the sounding board are fixed into clay around the rim of the calabash. These sticks include the four legs at an angle with each pair connected by rope which goes through, and attaches a long flat rectangular wood piece with pointed ends. There is a stick (part b) which tapers at one end that has five angled sides.

Culture
Chewa
Material
wood, calabash fruit, rubber, clay and fibre
Made in
Blantyre, Malawi
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerK2.337 a-b

Traditional Hausa carved design. Natural colour with grey lines, possibly in pencil, and dusted with white powder (?). Part (a), base has five carved parallel lines with scallop design above, all around near top. Two deeply carved lines near base, and base carved into nine quadrants, cross hatched on four, lines in the corners, and central square has diamond and lines carved within. Lid, part (b), has scallop design near rim, two parallel lines, and band of short parallel diagonal lines with horizontal cuts, two parallel lines, and cut-out interwoven oval shapes, with carved circles. Large center circle with four carved concentric rings and a cut-out center.

Culture
Hausa
Material
calabash fruit and graphite mineral ?
Made in
Togo ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlK2.334

Large calabash bowl with a semi-spherical shape. The outside of the bowl was dyed dark red. The entire bowl has shallow engraved design of various geometric patterns of lines, triangles and diamonds. There is a solid red stripe along the rim.

Culture
Hausa
Material
calabash fruit and dye
Made in
Sudan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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