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Necklace3123/43

Round beaded neck ring. Necklace consists of eleven strands of small glass beads strung on wire and placed in encircling rows, becoming successively smaller in size toward the centre. Colours are a row of light blue on the outside, one row dark red, two rows green, one row red, two rows white, two rows dark blue, and finishing with two rows of red on the interior. Wire is placed intermittently across the rows to hold beads firmly in place. Two strips of leather also serve this purpose, and one holds a small string of twisted cotton.

Culture
East African ?
Material
glass, metal, skin, cotton fibre and plastic
Made in
East Africa, Africa ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask3123/36

Bronze mask. Chin is pointed, with a small, protruding mouth showing several teeth. Small legs(?) emerge from the sides. Cheeks are hollow between a narrow nose and long, square ears, with large rimmed eyeholes above. Brow is heavy, with defined eyebrows. A snake slithers down the long rounded forehead between two large, flat, curving horns. The interior of the mask is hollow. Object is covered with green corrosion.

Culture
Senufo ?
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire ? or Mali ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask3123/35

Bronze mask. Face is broad, with a wide mouth open to show a row of even upper teeth, chin covered by a full beard, rounded cheeks, and a wide nose with thin bridge. Small well defined ears protrude from the edges of the mask. Eyes are rimmed holes set far apart, below an inclined brow. A crown sits on the forehead, with three protruding cones to the front, and three wire triangles at top. Brow, nose and beard are embellished with a zigzag design. Interior of mask is concave. Object is covered with green corrosion.

Culture
Senufo ?
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire ? or Mali ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Stringed Musical Instrument3123/32

Stringed musical instrument. A long thin neck of wood is joined to a long, narrow, wood body which is partially wrapped in skin attached by metal nails to the instrument’s underside. Plastic strings stretch from the neck, where they are held by staggered leather thongs, to a wooden bridge near the bottom of the body, meeting several cotton strings that are used for tightening. A thin braided leather strap is connected to the bottom of the body and partway along the neck.

Culture
Bamana ? or Fulani ?
Material
wood, skin, plastic, metal and cotton fibre ?
Made in
West Africa, Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Stringed Musical Instrument3123/31

Stringed musical instrument. A long squared neck of wood, carved with several sets of diagonal lines, pierces the top of a round, hollow gourd, emerging as a short peg on the opposite side. Two long wood pins pierce the neck, each holding a metal string that stretch to make contact with a small wood bridge on the gourd, and extend to wrap around the peg. The bridge is glued to a piece of skin stretched over a large hole in the top of the gourd, attached with small wood pins. Gourd is decorated with carved lines in the shape of foliage.

Culture
Bamana ? or Fulani ?
Material
gourd fruit, wood, metal, skin and adhesive
Made in
West Africa, Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3123/26 a-b

Figure of a standing female. Woman stands squarely, large feet planted on a thick stand, arms by her sides with fingers straight. Large breasts hang from sloping shoulders. Her neck is thick, and face is carved with an open mouth showing small teeth, a large nose, and fine brows. Eyes are made from round nail heads. Ears are large and delicately carved with a piercing in the left lobe. Her hair, parted in the middle, is held back from a high forehead by a thin band carved with vertical stripes, while the top and back of her head are carved with diagonal stripes. Part b is a cowrie shell necklace that is looped several times around the figure's neck.

Culture
Baule
Material
wood, cowrie shell, cotton fibre ? and metal
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask3123/23

Very large wooden mask. Face has a pointed chin with three nails emerging slightly from tip. Mouth is small and protruding, positioned in a smile, with shallow gouges along lower lip and lightly carved teeth inset. Nose is large and flat, wide at nostrils and narrowing toward forehead, between small rectangular holes cut through the wood for eyes. Ears are large protruding half circles inside the upper jaw line. Top of mask is rounded with a flat top. Many holes are bored through the rim, set at somewhat equal distances.

Culture
Songye ?
Material
wood and metal
Made in
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask3123/19

Wooden 'passport mask'. From a pointed chin, the face flares somewhat toward the wide, rounded forhead. Down centre of forehead is an embossed line that meets the nose, which widens toward the nostrils. Eyes are thin cuts through the wood, inset, and surrounded by a light grey mud. Mouth is open, showing metal teeth. Around the edge of the mask are bored many holes, deliberate and similar in size, unevenly spaced. Back of mask is concave and undecorated.

Culture
Dan
Material
wood, metal and earth
Made in
Liberia ? or Cote d'Ivoire ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3100/23 a-b

Soapstone sculpture of a man and fish. The figure stands on a rock, arms outstretched, with a long fish laying on the stone beside him. He wears a parka with the hood pulled up over his head. Part b is a copper harpoon with a wooden handle that is carried in his left hand.

Culture
Inuit
Material
soapstone stone, wood, copper metal, fibre and adhesive
Made in
Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drum3100/9 a-b

Drum and drumstick. Round drum (part a) is made of skin stretched over a circular wood frame and nailed to secure along the frame’s bottom edge. On the underside, thin strips of hide are connected in 4 places to the frame and come together in the centre, tightly wrapped around themselves, to join at a small wood handle. The face of the drum shows a painted lightning-snake design, with a large centrally placed head showing bared teeth and curling hair in red and blue, the long thin body wrapping around the outside edge of the drum top. Part b is the drum stick, consisting of a long wooden shaft, rounded, and a leather covered head attached by a leather strip wound around the stick's neck.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
skin, wood, metal and paint
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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