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BowlAf438

Round bowl with flat rim edges and with two red-brown bands. The body is light brown. Inside bottom is red-brown.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
pigment and clay
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Altar VesselAf437

Pot with decoration in high relief consisting of six female figures arranged around the upper portion of the pot, four of which are carrying small auxiliary pots on their heads. These pots are evenly spaced around the rim of the main pot. They alternate with panels containing a handle and a snake-like motif. The snakes run down from the rim and terminate at a horizontal flange which separates the decoration from the lower portion of the pot. Two remaining females are placed in panels on opposite sides of the pot. Both high relief and pat decorated with incised lines and marks.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
clay
Made in
Benin City, Edo, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JugAf436 a-b

Dark brown to black jug with a semi-gloss, smooth surface. Short neck separates large round body from cup-shaped mouth. Handle extends from shoulder to lip. Jug is decorated with incised lines wrapped horizontally around top half of body, and interrupted by sections of curved lines running from the neck, and shoulder junction to the base. Other straight and curving lines decorate the neck, handle, and mouth. Ring base. Flanged stopper (part b) with projecting top sits in recessed opening of mouth.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
clay
Made in
Edo, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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VaseCd370

Conical shaped, red clay vase with a flat, circular bottom and opening. The body widens slightly in the middle then tapers to the top where it adjoins to a short, straight rim. The vase has no decoration.

Culture
Egyptian
Material
clay
Made in
Egypt
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlIh216

Irregularily coloured serving bowl in red, brown, and black, inside and out. Glazed surface. Rim is flat and incised with a diamond pattern all around.

Culture
Fijian
Material
clay and resin
Made in
Nadroga-Navosa, Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PotIh215

Egg-shaped cooking pot with small opening and short neck. There are three horizontal rings of dots incised around the lower neck. Signature is etched below the dots. Overall yellow-green with red-orange and black areas. Painted and glazed only in inner ring of mouth region. Rounded bottom.

Culture
Fijian
Material
resin, clay and paint
Made in
Nadroga-Navosa, Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JarEdz1363

Clay jar with rounded shoulder with blue stripe; narrow rim. Light brown crackled glaze over all. Several unglazed patches, pits and one gouge near base. Unglazed base has uneven rim and patches of glaze which show light green tinge.

Culture
Chinese ?
Material
clay and glaze
Made in
China ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressAj154

Domed headdress made from human hair covered with ridged clay; mainly light purple with two bands of red and orange separated by a large light green area. There is a slightly protruding area with a ring of exposed natural hair at its base. The protruding area is covered in six roughly triangular red, orange and green shapes separated by red and light purple lines. The inside is human hair held in place by a cord. There are 13 holes fitted with rusty iron springs and three segments of iron chain at the back of the headdress.

Culture
Karamojong
Material
clay, pigment, hair, iron metal and fibre
Made in
Uganda
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PotCb85

Round red clay pot with horseshoe-shaped open side and flat base; three large, raised rounded projections on rim and two bands of geometric design deeply incised; parallel lines on upper half and lightly incised pattern on lower half. Red brown with blackened areas inside on raised moldings and under rim on exterior.

Culture
Hausa
Material
clay
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PotCb84

Globular pot with short neck, flaring to circular mouth; rounded base. Unglazed shoulder decorated with lightly incised parallel lines arranged in a ring, circling neck. Light red-brown glaze with base and shoulder in lighter shade; whitened areas. Pot is pitted overall.

Culture
Hausa
Material
clay and ochre pigment
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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