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TextileK2.165

Textile of blue cotton tie-dyed with alternating bands of mottled black and blue, and bands of roughly parallel black lines, with a band of black at each end. The ends are unfinished.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileK2.164

Textile composed of two joined pieces of white cotton damask that has a stylized floral pattern. The damask is dyed with a concentric diamond pattern in mottled blue with dark indigo corners. The ends are unfinished.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre and indigo dye
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileK2.163

Textile made of cotton damask featuring a flower and leaf design that is tie-dyed with indigo in a "diamond" pattern. The shorter edges have machine-stitched hems, and one edge is also folded over.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre and indigo dye
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileK2.162

Textile composed of two pieces of cotton damask with a leaf pattern sewn together. The cotton textile is tie-dyed with indigo and orange-brown dye to form a mottled pattern at the centre and bands of dark greenish-blue at the ends. The ends are unfinished.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre, dye and indigo dye
Made in
Sierra Leone ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileK2.161

Textile with dark blue ends and mottled dark blue and orange at the centre. The ends of the cloth are unfinished.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileK2.160

Textile with mottled blue ends and a mottled dark blue and orange tye-dyed pattern at the centre with vague rows. The ends of the cloth are unfinished.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileK2.159

Textile with black ends and a mottled black and an orange tye-dyed pattern at the centre. The ends of the cloth are unfinished.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleK2.38

A wood rattle that is hollow at either end with three clappers strung with fibre inside each end. The edges are scalloped. There is a face carved on either side, one is that of a man and the other is that of a girl with horizontal pig tails. Light tropical wood.

Culture
Efik
Material
wood and fibre
Made in
Abakaliki, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fertility FigureK2.37

Fertility figure (akuaba) with a flat, disc-shaped head. High oval forehead, curved upraised brows, oval eyes, a long vertical nose, a pair of horizontal upraised marks on each cheek, and a small mouth at the bottom of the face. Five rings are carved around the neck. The short horizontal rectangular arms are outstretched to the sides with fairly flat breasts below. The lower half of the body is cylindrical and ends with a base at the bottom. Red bead earrings and beaded necklace. String of yellow beads around the base. Polished black.

Culture
Asante
Material
wood, glass and fibre
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleK2.36

Hollow brown gourd with curved neck. Loose fibre net of grey seed beads all around produces sound when gourd is shaken. Side opening.

Culture
West African
Material
gourd fruit, fibre, shell ? and seed
Made in
Umuahia, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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