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Thorn CarvingK2.112

Standing figure representing a woman with basket on her head going to market to sell. Her left arm is resting at her side as her right arm is bending upward to hold the basket. Her basket is a tall single piece which flares upward, is of a lighter wood colour than the body and has a flat circular brown top. Clothes are of a lighter wood colour than the body. On a wood base.

Culture
Yoruba ?
Material
wood, adhesive and thorn
Made in
Viame, Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingK2.121

Sitting figure representing a person grating casava root for food. Figure is sitting on a cylindrical object tapering upward. The knees are bent so that the legs are angled frontward and outward with the casava root in between the feet. The elbows are bent so that the arms are just above the grater. Clothes are of a lighter wood colour than the body. On a wood base.

Culture
Yoruba ?
Material
wood, adhesive and thorn
Made in
Viame, Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingK2.369

Two figures representing women pounding yams in a bowl in between them with a stick in both hands. One woman is holding her stick above the bowl as the other woman is pounding her stick in the bowl. The women are sitting on a cylindrical object tapering upward. The knees are bent so that the legs are angled frontward and outward. Clothes are of a lighter wood colour than the body. Carved in pieces which are then glued together. On a wood base.

Culture
Yoruba ?
Material
wood, adhesive and thorn
Made in
Kumasi, Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingK2.108

Sitting figure representing a person selling a calabash of palm wine. Figure is sitting on a cylindrical object tapering upward. The knees are bent so that the legs are angled frontward and outward with the calabash of palm wine in between the feet. The elbows are bent so that the arms are resting just above the knees. Clothes are of a lighter wood colour than the body. On a wood base.

Culture
Yoruba ?
Material
wood, adhesive and thorn
Made in
Viame, Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingK2.113

Figure representing a person praying. Figure is kneeling on its knees, which are lying flat on the ground extending backward. The arms are extended upward together at an angle, centre forward of the body. Clothes are of a lighter wood colour than the body. On a wood base.

Culture
Yoruba ?
Material
wood, adhesive and thorn
Made in
Viame, Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingK2.371

Figures representing a woman bending over as she is combing her friend's hair, who is sitting before her on a cylindrical object tapering upward. The knees are bent so that the legs are angled frontward and outward. The elbows are bent so that the arms are resting just above the knees. Clothes are of a lighter wood colour than the body. Carved in pieces which are then glued together. On a wood base.

Culture
Yoruba ?
Material
wood, adhesive and thorn
Made in
Kumasi, Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask2655/75

Blue, white and pink, horned papier-mache animal mask. Mask has open mouth with two rows of teeth made from thorns(?).

Culture
Mexican
Material
paper, ink and thorn ?
Made in
Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn Carving668/1

Small wood figure with dark wood skin and light wood robe-garment. Holding a light wood object to brush away mulit-coloured wood chips on a rectangular base.

Culture
Yoruba ?
Material
thorn, wood and adhesive
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf420

Figure representing a dentist wearing a short-sleeved tunic, short pants, and a soft pointed hat. The dentist is standing holding the right hand of his patient with his left hand. The patient is wearing a sleeveless tunic, and short pants, and is sitting on a stool. The dentist is placing a y-shaped wooden implement in the patient's mouth. There are similar implements on a table. The table, tunics, and stool are light yellow-brown. Hat is light red-brown. Limbs and heads are dark brown. Base is brown plywood.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
atum thorn, stain, wood, rice adhesive and egun thorn
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf390

Two figures representing people. One is sitting on a cylindrical stool with the legs bent backwards at the knees, wearing a sleeveless shirt and knee-length pants, and holding a long pole in the left hand. The other figure is standing, bent forward at the waist, wearing a conical hat, a sleeveless shirt, knee-length pants, and holding a club-shaped object in the right hand while resting a machete blade on a high cylindrical table surface. Between the two figures is a fire pit with bellows. Light yellow-brown clothing, stool, pole, and machete handle. Hat and fire ash are light red-brown. Heads, limbs, fire pit, and table are dark brown. On a wood base.

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