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Headdress3041/1

Filá headdress. Gourd headpiece, with hanging raffia cover. The half gourd is decorated with lace around its rim and across to the top centre where it wraps around a protruding lip. On the body between the strips of lace are woven circles of raffia beneath flower shaped arrangements of cowrie shells and plastic beads. Out the top protrusion emerges a stiff tuft of raffia held together by a wrap of grey plastic twine. From the lower rim of the gourd hang thick, metre long strands of raffia, entirely encircling the headdress so that the fringe hangs down evenly over the wearer’s front and back.

Culture
Brazilian
Material
calabash fruit, palm leaf, fibre, cowrie shell, adhesive and plastic
Made in
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerK2.335 a-b

Very plain, round, yellow calabash fruit cut in two before drying to create a bowl (part a) with a lid (part b). Both rims are brown. From the rim, on one side of the bowl (part a), there is a triple incised downward pointing triangle. From the rim, on one side of the lid (part b), there are three upward pointing triangles.

Culture
West African
Material
calabash fruit
Made in
Bouake, Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Calabash Gourd2623/9

Elongated calabash gourd with long downward facing neck. Gourd has a round hole at base of neck for water.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
calabash fruit
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Calabash Gourd2623/8

Elongated calabash gourd with narrower tip, bent at almost 90 degrees from body, circular here at the point where it narrows, approximately 25 cm from wider tip.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
calabash fruit
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerAf471

A calabash with geometric relief designs around shoulder, above, and on flat base. At the widest circumference are four supernatural beasts. Between and beneath the beasts are shield-like forms and above back tails are wedge-shaped designs. Texture on carved forms is achieved by fine incised lines. The animal portrayed has the body and claws of a cat, a bird-like head, and beak, and a long tail terminating in a spade-shaped tip. Above and beneath the animal are geometric designs consisting of wedge shaped bordered by seven straight horizontal lines encircling the container. The base design consists of tapering arms radiating from a circle. The negative background of the calabash is yellow-red and the positive areas are black. The black forms are outlined in deeper relief than the surrounding background.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
calabash fruit
Made in
Oyo, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Decorated GourdAf470

Hemisphere or half a calabash gourd decorated on the outer surface with a painted and carved relief design of a large undulating serpent starting with the head above a small semi-circle hole near the rim and ending with the tail at the same point. Within the undulations, there are six birds and one lizard(?). Geometric pattern around rim, around a 2 cm hole in the centre, and around hole near the edge. All designs are blue.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
paint and calabash fruit
Made in
Oyo, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Decorated GourdAf469

Oval asymmetrical bowl-shaped calabash decorated inside and on base with a pre-amulating bird surrounded by a simple linear geometric design. The bird on the exterior has abstract stars around it and is surrounded by a darker circular band with four equally spaced radiating bands and circular lines all around. The bird on the interior has a plain background and is surrounded by a circular band of triangles separated by two vertical lines, and square grid lines all around. The decoration is burnt into the surface and varies in shades of brown.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
calabash fruit
Made in
Keffi, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlAi2

Half calabash gourd that has a heart-shaped bowl incised entirely with linear rings of diamond shapes, and crosshatching. The rings are in concentric circles to the centre. All designs are dark from rubbed soot.

Culture
Central African
Material
calabash fruit and charcoal pigment
Made in
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlAd58

Calabash or gourd sliced in half. Hollow pumpkin-shaped and very deep with a curved handle on one end. Outside surface covered with black incised geometric linear lines with snakes, lizards, and other creatures around the centre area bordered by abstract patterns. Leather strip pierced through in three holes in a loop.

Culture
East African
Material
calabash fruit and leather skin
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerAd51

Long, narrow, gourd container incised with geometric designs and two human figures. Bottom has two plant motifs. Has a leather carrying strap connected to leather and is beaded with cowrie shells on the sewn side where it is tied to the gourd. Leather strap is connected to the lid and to the leather which goes half way up the container on both sides. Each side has four small holes where the leather ties go through to hold the strap.

Culture
Kamba
Material
fibre, glass, cowrie shell, leather skin and calabash fruit
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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