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Drum1157/5

Drum composed of a carved wooden base, incised with lines in v-shapes around base and border of zigzag lines around top, and with a dark brown finish. The top of the drum is covered in stretched reptile skin. The rim of the drum base is smaller than the top circumference, and the base tapers inwards from the bottom rim, and then back out wider to the top of the drum.

Culture
Mbuti ?
Material
wood, reptile skin and stain ?
Made in
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dance Wand1373/32

Dark brown wooden carving of a standing human figure. Figure wears a long, curved, tapering hat with rounded shapes carved down the centre. Figure's hands are clutched in front of its chest. Figure stands on a vertical handle-like base with a thicker, flared bottom.

Culture
West African
Material
wood, stain and fibre
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure1373/22

Bateba figure. Tall standing human with a thin ridge along the top of the head. The eyebrows, eyes, nose, and mouth are carved outward. The shoulders are squared with the arms hanging down to the side and the palms of the hands facing outward. There are two upside down triangle shapes pointing downward from the top of the shoulders. The belly is rounded with a protruding belly button. The stand is painted black.

Culture
Lobi
Material
wood and stain ?
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask1373/21

Dark brown wooden humanoid mask with two vertical, cylindrical appendages attached to the cheeks. Large, semicircular handle-shaped protrusion attached at either side of the forehead arcs over a protruding rectangular knob atop the head. Two flat, rectangular "ears" protrude from the sides of the head.

Culture
West African
Material
wood and stain
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask1373/10

A brown wood mask of two faces in a side-by-side mirror image and crowned by a hornbill(?) pecking in between them. The eyes are cut out. A possible staining technique could have been used to create darker effects.

Culture
Senufo
Material
wood and stain ?
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bowl766/3

Dark brown elliptically shaped bowl with pointed ends and steep sides. Carved along the rim on both sides is a standing humanoid figure with outstretched arms flanked by two spear-like objects.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood and stain ?
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Betel Nut Mortar766/2

Small, dark brown wooden object with a rounded, dome-shaped base supporting a crescent moon-shaped bowl. The bowl has a high, flat bottom. The base has a slit-like hole through its centre.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood and stain ?
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TrayAb358

Reddish-brown coloured oval-shaped tray with shallow bottom. Top edge of rim is decorated with alternating black coloured sections and a series of three dots. On rounded ends, side of tray is decorated with single dots. In the middle, the side of the tray is decorated with four square-shaped sections that are separated by black-coloured lines and are patterned with alternating cross-hatched and hatched engraved lines.

Culture
Southern African
Material
wood and stain ?
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure636/8

Carved wooden figures on a wooden base of two people carrying a patient in a hammock to a hospital. Stained dark brown with black hair and white surrounding the eyes.

Culture
Southern African
Material
wood and stain
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure1405/6

Dark brown, wooden standing human figure with prominent, protruding male genitals. Figure's arms extend straight up, with the hands resting on either side of the face. Mouth is open with tongue poking out. Thin black string is looped around figure's neck.

Culture
West Papuan
Material
wood, fibre and stain ?
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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