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Mask3600/4

Carved wooden mask depicting red humanoid face. Short black ridge wraps around top edge of head; diagonal lines incised throughout, imitating hair. Rectangles protrude from either side of face, imitating ears; triangles carved in relief across surface, done in white and blue. Face has a long thin nose over protruding lips; eyes are partially closed and rest underneath semi-circular eyebrows. Large bird perched on top of white and blue column, protruding from top edge of mask. Bird is white with blue and yellow highlights; has an orange beak and large black crest. Sides of mask are undecorated and have holes drilled into them; mask is hollowed.

Culture
Baule ? or Guro ?
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold Weight3600/28

Tiny rectangular gold weight with geometric design. Stepped design with two raised rectangles at centre.

Culture
Akan
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold Weight3600/25

Small square gold weight with geometric design. At centre, two x's flanked by teeth-like design on sides with six rectangular notches and seven raised lines.

Culture
Akan
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold Weight3600/23

Small square gold weight with geometric design. Geometric design cutout of top layer with thin square backing. At centre, u-shape with line extending down from bottom of u, flanked by teeth-like design on sides with six rectangular notches cutout leaving seven raised lines.

Culture
Akan
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold Weight3600/21

Small rectangular gold weight with geometric design. Stepped design with three layers - the bottom being the thickest layer, and design cutout of top layer. X-shape at centre with three rectangular notches cutout on each side.

Culture
Akan
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold Weight3600/19

Fish gold weight. Small flat fish with indents on one side, and raised circles all over the body on the opposite side, and large spirals for eyes. The mouth is a small extension with a notch. The face is divided from the body by a pair of raised lines. Two small dorsal fins and a small pectoral fin are made of concentric lines, and the heart-shaped tail fin of contentric hearts.

Culture
Akan
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold Weight3600/17

Small figurative gold weight. Sawfish (?) in a curved in a j-shape. Forward extension with four teeth on either side. Flat head with two raised circular eyes and a double-ellipsoid mouth (?) on top. Behind the head are two fins and a dorsal fin. The long body curves creating the j-shape, and ends with an hourglass shaped tail of fins.

Culture
Akan
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold Weight3600/13

Metal gold weight in the form of a European-style chair (asipim) with solid seat and back rest. The backrest is triangular in shape with a knob at the top, centre. At top of each side are decorations. The frame has small bumps, representations of furniture studs.

Culture
Akan
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold Weight3600/29

Small cylindrical gold weight. On top is a raised letter - shaped like an upsidedown u with a straight line extending up from the centre, and a small horizontal line to the left. The top of the cylinder is decorated with small indents.

Culture
Akan
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold Weight3600/27

Tiny rectangular gold weight with geometric design. At centre, four raised rectangles.

Culture
Akan
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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