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Thorn CarvingAf387

A figure representing a person sitting on a cylindrical stool in front of a halved circular table with a cylindrical base upon which are two thorns, and variegated chips. A bareheaded figure wearing a short-sleeved garment with knee-length trousers is holding scrapers. Head and limbs are dark brown. Garments, stools, table, one thorn, and scrapers are light yellow-brown. One thorn is light red-brown. On a wood base.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
atum thorn, egun thorn, rice adhesive, wood, fibre and paper
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BoxEg262 a-b

Part a: Exterior box. One length of thin wood, bent to form four sides. Brown gritty surface on two long sides. Blue paper covers base. Top has paper illustration. Part b: Interior box. Has wood sides, paper base, and is covered by blue paper. Slides out either end of exterior box. Top illustration of exterior box is three-headed male, only bare shoulders and heads shown. Heads arranged with one frontal-facing, two in profile facing right and left. All wear red cap-like headdresses, each with gold globe above head. Blue green background. White curved band at top states: 'Trimurti' in red. Yellow then black bands at base state 'safety matches' 'Made in Sweden' in red then black lettering. Black lettering by each face states name: 'Siva', 'Vishnu', then 'Brahma'.

Culture
South India
Material
balsa wood, silicate stone, adhesive and paper
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressNe207

Chief's headdress with cap of light blue felt. Rim of cap has feathers inserted into leather holders sewn to felt. Holders are painted in bands of red, blue, and white. Feathers are brown and white with blue marabou feathers glued to the bottom shaft and to the tip of the feather. Red paper circles are glued where the marabou meets the eagle feather tip. Orange marabou feathers are on the crown of the cap. Band of loom-woven beadwork in red, blue, and yellow runs across the front to rounds of beadwork at either end. Dangles of loom woven beads with marabou feathers tied to the ends and two strips of white fur with black tips, hang from each side.

Culture
Cree
Material
skin, paint, paper, cotton fibre, leather skin, glass, wool fibre and feather
Made in
Maskwacis, Alberta, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf411

Figures representing a woman with a baby in a sling tied to her waist. She is sitting on a stool with her left leg outstretched in front of her and her right leg bent backwards at the knee. She is wearing a sleeved dress and is dipping cloth into a pot. Dress and baby sling are light yellow-brown. Heads, woman's limbs, and stool are dark brown. The pot, cloth, and woman's hands are very dark blue. The base is light brown wood.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
rice adhesive, wood, egun thorn, atum thorn, dye, paper and fibre
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf393

Two figures representing people tying up vines. One figure is wearing a sleeveless shirt and knee-length trousers. Second figure is wearing a short-sleeved shirt and knee-length trousers. Both are wearing soft pointed hats. The figures are wrapping the vines around three stakes on mounds which are covered by variegated thorn shavings along the base. Rope, heads, and limbs are dark brown. Hats are light red-brown. Clothing and stakes are light yellow-brown.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
atum thorn, rice adhesive, paper, fibre, wood and egun thorn
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Baby CarrierNd657

Rectangular basket of skin stretched over a wooden slat frame. Slats are round with strips of cotton and cotton cord. Cardboard is set into the bottom between the skin and the slats. Yellow, orange, and black floral print cotton is stretched over the outside frame and tied with skin strips to the inside of the frame. Two red-patterned, cotton flannel squares are tied to the frame bottom to form a bundling blanket that laces up with a blue and purple wool ? string. Two blue, green, and white floral print, quilted carrying straps, one at each end. Wood handle is looped over the top and tied to the sides by skin strips. A skin and string lace runs end to end and loops over the handle. At the wider end, three items are pinned to the cloth, from bottom to top; a Christian medal, a strip of loom woven beadwork of red, orange, blue, and yellow, and a blue glass brooch.

Culture
Tsilhqot'in
Material
wool fibre ?, paper, skin, wood and cotton fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentEdz977 a-b

A pair (parts a-b) of gold isosceles triangles with scalloped edges. Each is glued on a bamboo stick which is bound by a piece of wire which projects, 5.4 cm. (a) or 4.3 cm. (b), beyond the base of the triangle, perpendicular to it. Raised from the surface of each triangle by means of three paper cylinders, there is a smaller foil triangle printed with a multi-coloured design of a butterfly and other shapes. Wired to this is a tuft of red fibres.

Culture
Chinese
Material
metal, paper, bamboo grass, ink, silk fibre and adhesive
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf409

Figures representing a woman wearing a pointed hat with a baby tied to her waist, and whe sitting on a circular stool while combing the hair of a woman seated on the ground. Clothing, hat, and baby sling are light yellow-brown. Heads, arms, legs, and stool are dark brown. Comb is light red-brown. The base is light brown wood.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
egun thorn, rice adhesive, atum thorn, wood, fibre and paper
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf408

Figure representing a woman weaving. She is sitting in front of a loom. Cloth is on the loom. Baby is in a sling attached to her back. The dress, hat, sling, and loom are light yellow-brown. Figures' heads and limbs are dark brown. The cloth on the loom is green, black, and white plaid. On a wood base that is light brown.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
egun thorn, dye, cotton fibre, paper, fibre, wood, rice adhesive and atum thorn
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf406

A figure representing a woman with a baby in a sling tied to her waist. There are three inverted pots and one upright pot in front of her. She is sitting on a cylindrical stool with her right leg outstretched in front of her and her left leg bent backwards at the knee. The woman is wearing a sleeved dress. The dress and the sling are light red-brown. Figures' heads, and limbs, four pots, and the stool are dark brown. Wood base is light brown.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
egun thorn, rice adhesive, atum thorn, wood, paper and fibre
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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