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Thorn CarvingAf375

Figure representing a man cutting a tree with a machete-like long bladed knife in his right hand. He is wearing knee-length trousers, a short-sleeved shirt, and soft pointed hat. Tree, arms, legs, and head of man are dark brown. Clothes and knife are light yellow-brown. Variegated shavings at base of tree. Base of carving is light brown wood.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
atum thorn, rice adhesive, wood and egun thorn
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf374

Three figures representing men moving a two-wheeled cart filled with five bags of cocoa beans. One man is wearing a short sleeveless shirt, knee-length trousers, and a two-tiered round hat while he is standing between the shafts of the cart and behind the cross bar with a hand on each shaft. The second is wearing an identical shirt, trousers, and hat. His back leans against the left, rear corner of the cart. The third man is bareheaded standing at the right rear corner of the cart and supporting a bag. He is wearing a loose short- sleeved shirt and knee-length trousers. The cart is a hollowed section of wood, supported on one cross axle with two wheels. The clothing is light yellow-brown. The heads, limbs, and cart wheels are dark brown. The hats, and bags of beans are red-brown. The whole is resting on a plywood base. One of twelve carvings glued to light brown burlap over cardboard. Cart and shafts are light brown wood.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
atum thorn, rice adhesive, wood and egun thorn
Made in
Nigeria
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 CarvingAf407

Figure representing a woman sitting on a cylindrical stool selling yams. There is a child in a sling tied to her back. She is wearing a short sleeved dress. The dress, sling, and stool are light yellow-brown. Yams, figures' heads, and limbs are dark brown. On a wood base that is light brown.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
atum thorn, rice adhesive, wood and egun 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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Thorn CarvingAf405

Figure representing a female sitting on a cylindrical stool, holding a small cup and a naked baby. She is wearing a knee-length dress. She has a bowl between her feet. The figures are dark brown; the dress, stool, cup, and bowl are light brown. The base appears to be wood.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
rice adhesive, paper, egun thorn, atum thorn and fibre
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf404

Figure representing a bent, bare headed woman with a baby tied to her waist, and she is holding a cone-shaped container filled with firewood. Her dress and baby sling are light yellow-brown. Firewood, heads, and limbs are dark brown. Base is light brown wood.

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 CarvingAf403

Two figures representing a man and a woman. A man with a slightly bent body is wearing a loose fitting shirt with elbow-length sleeves, a soft pointed cap, and knee-length pants. He is playing a double-headed pressure drum which is slung from his left shoulder by a narrow cloth strip. His right hand is holding a bent drumstick with which he is striking one end of the drum. The second figure is bowing, wearing a calf-length dress with elbow-length loose sleeves, and a soft cap with two points. She is holding a triangular, folded cloth with both hands, and her elbows are bent. Heads, limbs, and drum body are dark brown. Clothing and drum heads are light yellow-brown. Caps and folded cloth are light red-brown. Cloth strip is red-brown. On a wood base.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
atum thorn, egun thorn, wood, fibre and rice adhesive
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf373

Two figures representing people cutting a tree. One male figure is wearing a sleeveless shirt and knee-length trousers. The other male figure is wearing a short-sleeved knee-length garment. Both are wearing soft pointed hats and holding machetes in their right hands to cut the tree in between them. They are standing on a base of scattered shavings. Heads, limbs, tree, and shavings are dark brown. Garments are light yellow-brown. Hats are light red-brown. Machetes and the base are light brown wood.

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