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Figure1418/1

A large wood figure with wings outstretched. The circular eyes are drilled into a deep hollow hole. Upraised eyebrows with three white circles in a row. Two horn-like pieces carved into a curve around the sides of the face. Flowing hair down the sides and for the beard as well. Hairy moustache. Four white teeth and a wood tongue. Top of head decorated with shells. Rope belt has shells on it. Carved wood skirt with vertical grooved lines of white. Short wood feet with shell and plant fibre anklets.

Culture
Dan ?
Material
wood, shell, horn, stem, hair and skin
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask1418/2

A wood mask painted with a red face, silvery-white mouth and ears, and two horns painted silvery-white in between and black all around while curving sideways and downward to the ears. The eyes are cut out. There is a beard made of plant fibre strands, and there is a headdress at the back made of wood strips of bark tied together. Mask is on a mount.

Culture
West African
Material
wood, fibre, metal and paint
Made in
West Africa, Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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