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Gold Weight1264/22

Metal eagle on rectangular plate base. Feet are triangle-shaped and legs are cylinder-shaped. The wings are flat semi-circles with parallel semi-circular grooves . A tapered rod is fastened with a band on each wing. The body has three rounded longitudinal sections above. The complex head hangs down to base level. The tail is an upturned fan with radiating lines and shorter horizontal lines resembling feathers.

Culture
Asante
Material
brass metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Stool1264/1

Brass stool with flared rectangular piece on top, central column with two-semi-circle attachments on either side, and a rectangular base. An engraved scalloped design is found around the perimeter of the flared rectangular piece. Triangular-shaped line designs are found around the perimeter of the central column. Triangular-shaped edging is attached to the rim of the semi-circle attachments. The base is decorated with a series of thin horizontal lines and two thick vertical lines.

Culture
Asante
Material
brass metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold Weight1351/4

Miniature, standing, gold human figure holding a similar, smaller (child?) figure up to a small tree-shaped object. The smaller figure's arms grasp the tree, the head is framed by two leafy branches, the legs and feet are wrapped around the trunk. Both figures' arms and legs are long and thin while their faces appear mask-like, having elongated foreheads and slits for eyes. Both figures wear a thong-like rope-shaped garment running around the waist and between the legs. Figures stand on a small, flat, rectangular gold base.

Culture
Asante
Material
brass metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold Weight1351/3

Miniature, standing gold human figure holding a mask-like human head in its left hand and a long, curved knife that is stuck in the head's forehead in the right hand. Figure's arms and legs are long and thin while the face appears mask-like, having an elongated forehead and slits for eyes. Figure wears a thong-like rope-shaped garment running around the waist and between the legs. Figure stands on a small, flat, square-shaped gold base.

Culture
Asante
Material
gold metal ? and brass metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold Weight1351/1

Miniature, standing, gold human figure smoking a long, curved pipe with the right hand and holding a basked on its head with the left hand. Figure's arms and legs are long and thin while the face appears mask-like, having an elongated forehead and slits for eyes. Figure wears a thong-like rope-shaped garment running around the waist and between the legs. Figure stands on a small, flat, square gold base.

Culture
Asante
Material
gold metal ? and brass metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileK2.458 a-h

Eight rectangular textile pieces (parts a-h) varying in size. Parts a-c have a fine threaded fringe on two ends; part d has a fringe on one end. Part h has been folded and sewn together with a slight opening. Parts a-c are decorated with square patterns. Part f has a striped pattern in green, black, red and yellow. Parts d, e, g and h are detailed with stripes, checks, diamonds, triangles and zigzags. The textiles are yellow, cream, brown, light brown, black, blue, green and dark red.

Culture
Asante
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ink BeakerK2.457

A small triangular object, possibly with some pink-red glaze, although much has worn off.

Culture
West African
Material
stone ? or glaze ?
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Adinkra ClothK2.455 a

Rectangular shaped cotton textile consisting of eight complete and four incomplete pattern squares divided vertically by repeating vertical bars, and horizontally by red, blue, green and pink repeating stripes. There are three different designs all in black on a pink ground. Written in blue pen at the top is ‘Adinkra Cloth’. The top right square has an s-shaped motif with ‘Gye Nyame’ – God’s Omnipotence noted. Below that is square with a circular motif with ‘Ram’s Horns – Strength thru wisdom’ written. The edges are raw.

Culture
Asante
Material
cotton fibre, ink ? and dye
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrumK2.454

A cylindrical wood drum with skin stretched over the top. Sides decorated with darkened grooved geometric patterns of triangles in squares along the top separated by vertical lines, below which there are seven horizontal lines, with the bottom having a horizontal dark band. The edges are painted orange. There is a fibre cord attached.

Culture
West African
Material
wood, skin, paint and fibre
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleK2.453

Raft-like group of cane sections with fourteen split cane strings wrapped with split cane and resin. The back has a woven panel of five thick bands.

Culture
West African
Material
wood, stem ? and palm leaf ?
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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