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Figure1491/3

Dark and light brown coloured human figure with round head, smooth dark-brown coloured hair, round protruding ears, oval eyes, wide nose, and slightly opened mouth. Figure has a dark-brown coloured neck and is wearing a tunic-like garment carved into the wood that is decorated with engraved lines and a central horizontally-positioned diamond-shape. Arms are at the figures' side, legs are thick, and feet are oval with carved grooves indicating toes.

Culture
Central African
Material
wood and stain ?
Made in
Cameroon
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Buffalo Headdress1491/5

Buffalo, or bush cow, headdress (or mask). The animal has a long narrow face, with tapered horns on its head that curve inward at the ends. The lower part of thehorns is decorated with a white cross-hatching design. The head of the animal has eyes carved in relief and outlined in white paint, small oval-shaped protruding ears, wide oval-shaped nostrils painted white in the centre, and a slightly open mouth with large white painted teeth.

Culture
Bamileke ?
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Cameroon
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace1491/4

Necklace with twelve staggered large and small brown-coloured square leather pendants, and one larger central pendant, attached to braided red-coloured cording. The central pendant has a long, narrow piece that attaches to a sphere-shaped ball, and its surface is decorated with braided leather strands around the middle.

Culture
Central African
Material
leather skin, fibre and dye
Made in
Cameroon
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Headdress1491/2

A conical woven fibre piece with a loop at the top and dark brown, orange, and purple feathers stitched into it and flowing down below it.

Culture
Central African
Material
fibre and feather
Made in
Cameroon
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Helmet Mask1491/1

Dark brown wooden mask carved in the shape of a female head, of a single piece of wood. Face features eyebrows, articulated eyes, ears, a protruding nose and mouth and a high forehead, with hairdo carved on the top. A twisted fibre cord is threaded through a small hole directly underneath the bottom lip and knotted.

Culture
Bamum
Material
wood, stain and plant fibre
Made in
Cameroon
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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