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Stool1198/4

Carved wooden stool with ten cone-shaped feet (each is widest at the top where they meet the seat), and an inverted cone-shaped seat with a carved geometric design on the relatively flat, circular top face of the seat. The rim of the seat is also carved with a zigzag pattern.

Culture
Nupe ?
Material
wood
Made in
Nigeria ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Staff976/1

Long brown coloured staff. One quarter of the staff is plain wood that is rounded at the end. Three quarters of the staff is wood that is twisted into a long and tight spiral piece. Yellow fibre with two tassels on its end are tied to the section where the plain and spiraled sections meet.

Culture
Southern African
Material
wood, fibre and dye
Made in
South Africa ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Staff1198/1

Long staff with metal wire wrapped around bottom and human figure at the top. Human figure has geometric designs on head to indicate hair(?), oval shaped eyes, long nose, small ears, and small mouth. Body of figure is slightly wider than the rest of the cane and has four bands of engraved triangular and diagonal designs around entire body. Two slender serpents are wrapped around the top half of the staff and their heads rest to the side of the figure.

Culture
Nupe ?
Material
wood and copper metal ?
Made in
Nigeria ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Staff1198/2

Long dark brown coloured staff with large diamond-shaped piece at top and zigzag carved ring around bottom end. Diamond-shaped piece has four sides, each with their own distinct patterns of geometric designs made up of an assortment of diagonal lines, zigzags and swirled patterns that have been engraved in the wood.

Culture
Nupe ?
Material
wood
Made in
Nigeria ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Jar893/1

Bronze-painted jar with flared foot, protruding band just below shoulder, and flared neck.; another protruding band at base of neck; handle from shoulder to lip. Decoration on shoulder of diagonally stamped, bumpy lines.

Culture
West African
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Nigeria ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Container1198/3

Five halved, spherical gourd shells set round side up and strung together in a row with wire. Each gourd is shallowly carved with different geometric and curvilinear designs, then painted black, orange and yellow-orange.

Culture
Nupe ?
Material
gourd fruit, paint and metal
Made in
Nigeria ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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