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FigureN1.300 a-c

Three colourful miniature street figures: a plant seller with cart (part a); a man pulling a woman in a rickshaw (part b; a man with a horse-drawn cart filled with straw.

Culture
Chinese
Material
clay, iron metal, metal, paint and grass
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentK4.42

Ornament with circular form covered in wrap-around weave in off-white with a checkered brown diamond motif overall.

Culture
Ovimbundu
Material
grass
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearK2.407

Spear with wooden shaft covered in bands of dyed red leather at the ends, each with a raised band at either end and a band of grass (?) woven through slits in the leather to form a diagonal pattern, and a centre section covered in off-white skin. The spear has a spade-shaped metal tip with a border of indented semi-circles along the edges of the blade, and incised lines at the base of the blade. The butt end is composed of a conical piece of metal.

Culture
Malinke
Material
wood, leather skin, iron metal, dye, fibre and grass ?
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceK2.404

Necklace composed of a disc-shaped pendant on a string of lozenge-shaped beads alternating with circles of twined grass with two spherical beads next to the pendant. The pendant is formed from grass stuck into beeswax with protruding twined strands at the centre and two bands of neatly twined strands.

Culture
West African
Material
grass, bee wax and fibre
Made in
Timbuktu, Mali
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceK2.372

Necklace composed of cylindrical beads of off-white hollow reed and dried black corn.

Culture
Baule
Material
corn seed, reed grass and fibre
Made in
Bouake, Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HammockK2.355

A long rectangular piece made of warp threads caught in bunches through holes in a curved wood frame at either end as the loose warp threads are knotted at intervals in cross stripes with a knotted diamond shape in the centre. Colours are natural, red, and purple.

Culture
West African
Material
grass, fibre and wood
Made in
Niger
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatK2.348

Rectangular woven grass mat with linear patterning in purple, green, yellow, natural and red. Woven as a cloth with warp and weft. Bound at one end with a strip of yellow cloth with purple, green and white floral patterning.

Culture
West African
Material
grass and dye
Made in
Benin
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatK2.347

Rectangular woven grass mat with linear and asymmetrical geometric patterning in green, natural, red and brown. Woven like a textile with warp and weft.

Culture
West African
Material
grass and dye
Made in
Benin
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatK2.345

Rectangular woven grass mat with linear patterning in purple, red, natural and green; main portion of the mat covered with purple stripes flecked with red. Double-weave woven as a cloth with warp and weft.

Culture
West African
Material
grass and dye
Made in
Benin
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatK2.344

Rectangular woven grass mat with a pattern of natural and yellow alternating vertical stripes crossed by narrow red alternating stripes. Woven as cloth with warp and weft double weave. Bands of red at either end.

Culture
West African
Material
grass and dye
Made in
Benin
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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