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Thorn CarvingAf343

Figure representing a barefoot male figure sitting on a cylindrical stool set on a wooden base, stained brown on bottom. Figure is wearing a conical hat, a sleeveless tunic, and pants. Playing a stringed instrument. Pants and tunic are light yellow-brown. Neck of the instrument and hat are light red brown. Legs, head, arms, and body of instrument are dark brown.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
egun thorn, wood, stain, rice adhesive and atum thorn
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf342

Figure representing a barefoot male figure sitting on a cylindrical stool, wearing shorts, a sleeveless tunic, and a round hat. Playing a stringed musical instruments (chordophone). Tunic, shorts, and hat are light yellow brown. Arms, legs, and body of instrument are dark brown. Neck of instrument is light red brown. The figure is glued to a light brown wood base, stained brown on the bottom.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
stain, wood, rice adhesive, egun thorn and atum thorn
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf340

Carved figure representing a man sitting on a stool with hands placed on a conical drum (membranophone). Feet outstretched supporting drum. Figure is wearing a loose fitting short-sleeved shirt extending to his knees. Head, arms, legs, drum base, and stool are dark brown. The drum head and shirt are light yellow-brown. Rectangular base is attached by glue and is light brown partially stained dark brown.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
atum thorn, rice adhesive, stain, wood and egun thorn
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf341

Figure representing a standing male wearing a conical hat. Playing a stringed instrument (chordophone). Light yellow-brown shirt and pants. Light red-brown hat and neck of instrument. Dark brown face and body of instrument. The base of light brown wood is stained brown on the bottom and sides.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
atum thorn, rice adhesive, stain, wood and egun thorn
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PotAf441

Wide lipped pot with a black interior and a red-orange interior. Raised ring encircling shoulder with three raised double arches between at regular intervals. The base is stamped diagonally with a pattern of dots. Base is fire marked. Exposed lip is incised four times around at the rim and once at the neck.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
clay
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PotAf440

Shallow unglazed pot with rounded bottom and flaring rim. Interior and rim are semi-gloss black with burnished elliptical designs inside. Lower half of exterior is rough, sandy red-yellow with blackened areas.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
clay
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PotAf439 a-b

Flat-bottomed dark brown glazed pot (part a) with flared rim extending into two wide lips with oval holes to form handles. Incised ridge near base, incised lines on outer, and inner edge of rim, and inner overhanging lip has incised line on outer edge. Lip forms surface on which lid (part b) rests. handle of lid has semi-circular handle rising clear of central flat area with incised line at outer edge, which descends in curved slope with one ridge to lid edge. Interior and exterior have mottled glossy surface with fine striations.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
clay
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlAf449

A single hardwood piece carving of a kneeling woman with a child on her back. A bowl is supported on her head with four extensions having a chevron design decoration, two of which are extending from the shoulders of the woman and from the head of the child. Both woman and child are wearing belts divided into vertical sections. The woman has two bands on each wrist, and the child has a heart-shaped form on his back suspended from his neck. The woman's hair is upswept. Her face is incised with three horizontal lines on each cheek. The child's face is similarly incised with vertical lines. The features of both faces are exaggerated, and the necks are elongated. The woman is holding the child by the ankles while the child grasps the woman under her arms. The bowl is shallow, rounded at the base, and has a flat-bottomed interior.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
stain and wood
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf368

Eleven figures representing people standing and one prone in front of a shrine. Five are wearing sleeveless shirts and trousers. One is wearing a knee-length sleeveless dress. Three are wearing an elbow-length shirt and trousers. One is wearing a sleeved dress and two are wearing skirts. Seven are wearing hats. Six are holding containers. One is holding a double-headed conical drum with a straight stick in the left hand. Two figures are holding a dog suspended with rope. On the shrine there are three masks dotted with indigo blue paint, two rifles, three horn-like containers, one bottle-like container, and palm fronds. Clothing, drum ends, and part of guns are light yellow-brown. Limbs, heads, and some containers are dark brown. Hats, dog, some containers, palm fronds, and one mask are light red-brown. Base and rifles are light brown wood. Shrine and base are covered with variegated thorn chips.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
atum thorn, rice adhesive, fibre, wood and egun thorn
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf353

Five figures representing people around a shrine. Four males and one female are before a two figure shrine on a dais. One figure has his hands on a drum, one is touching the shrine, two are holding objects, and one is simply standing. Cowrie shell in front of shrine. Male figures are wearing short-sleeved shirts over shorts while female is wearing a full-length gown. There are four styles of hats represented while one figure is bareheaded. One figure on the shrine has a cowrie shell on the back of his head while the other has a calabash containing an ancestral face on its head. Heads, arms, legs, and pot are dark brown. The shirts, shorts, and gowns are light yellow-brown. The figures, drum stand, dais, and cowrie shell are all glued to a light brown base. Four hats and the calabash are light red-brown.

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