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String PuppetAg74

Wooden marionette head of an antelope. No eyes; long, horizontal snout. Long, thin ears extend horizontally backward and have a hole at the tip. Incised with three sets of triple bands around the snout. Short, thick, hollow, cylindrical neck has a hole at either side.

Culture
Bamana
Material
wood
Made in
Segou, Mali
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold WeightAf584

Metal figure of two men on a base. Both men curve their right arm upward with their right hand creating a v-formation with the fingers. The left arm of one man curves up and around to the top of his head. The left arm of the other man curves downward to rest on the hip. Both men have rounded oval eyes that have a horizontal groove across with brows that have perpendicular incisions, a broad nose, and a mouth.

Culture
Asante
Material
metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold WeightAf573

Thin, rectangular metal piece with a design that consists of four quadrants, each with three upraised lines perpendicular to that of the adjacent quadrants.

Culture
Asante
Material
metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold WeightAf572

Thin, square metal piece with a design that consists of five upraised lines radiating from one corner.

Culture
Asante
Material
metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold WeightAf569

Thin, rectangular metal piece with a design that consists of four upraised horizontal lines.

Culture
Asante
Material
metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold WeightAf536

Thin, rectangular metal piece with a design that consists of four-and-a-half diamond shapes, three of which have a circular swirl design within.

Culture
Asante
Material
metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold WeightAf534

Thin, rectangular metal piece with a design that consists of four circular swirls.

Culture
Asante
Material
metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureAf589

A pair of thin akuaba figures side-by-side on a rectangular base that has a geometric triangular design on it. Both figures have extremely long, vertically rectangular heads with eyes, a thin nose line that extends to the brows above, and a small rectangular mouth. Multiple horizontal rings are carved around the long necks. The downward and outward flaring bodies have short arms or breasts at the front with a navel. The lower portion of the bodies are decorated with two pairs of multi-coloured beaded bands.

Culture
Fanti
Material
wood, glass and fibre
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureAf521

Stylized female figure holding a baby. The face is triangular with triangular feature carved around the front of her head and knobs at the top of her head for hair. Has oblong eyes and a wide, vertically rectangular nose with a thin mouth, and ears. Horizontal rings around her long neck. The baby straddles its legs around her hips. On a black base.

Culture
Fanti
Material
wood, lacquer and adhesive
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureAf518

Female figure breast feeding while she sits on a four-legged stool. She has tapering oval in tapering oval eyes with upraised grooved brows above, a long thin nose, a small mouth, and ears. Scarification ? marks at either side of her face. Her hair is piled on top of her head in a bun with another bun at the back of her head. A rounded protrusion is at either top side of her head. Her long neck has scarification ? marks. An upraised grid pattern is carved at either side of her waist. Her right arm is bent so that her hand can hold her left breast as she feeds the baby in her left hand. An anklet is around each ankle. The baby is resting is left arm across its stomach.

Culture
Baule
Material
wood
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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