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Thorn CarvingAf346

Figure representing a man standing on a wooden base stained brown on the bottom. Figure is wearing knee-length pants, and he is playing a square frame drum. Head of drum and pants are light yellow-brown. Head, upper body, legs, and square frame of drum are dark brown.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
atum thorn, rice adhesive, stain, wood and egun thorn
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf345

Standing figure representing a man wearing knee-length trousers and beating a small drum (membranophone) which is suspended by a leather thong around his neck. Light yellow-brown pants, sticks, and head of drum. Dark brown head, body, limbs, and body of drum. The base is light brown wood stained brown on bottom.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
atum thorn, egun thorn, rice adhesive, stain, leather skin and wood
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf391

Figure representing a bareheaded man wearing a short-sleeved shirt and knee-length pants. He is bending forward from the waist, raking debris of shavings into a pile. Clothing is light yellow-brown. Head, limbs, and rake head are dark brown. The base is light brown wood.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
atum thorn, egun thorn, rice adhesive, wood, paper and fibre
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanCb88

Fan that opens to a full circle and is made of off-white parchment and red, brown and green leather. The fan is rectangular when closed with the pleated body of the fan contained between an extension of the two handles. The fan is secured when shut by a leather strap with a toggle fastening. The leatherbound handles are joined at their ends by a leather loop and toggle. The parchment body of the fan is stitched to a rigid leather-carved frame extending along the sides when closed and the end. The parchment body of the fan is made up of two pieces stitched together. The stitching throughout is of leather thong. The decoration consists of geometric shapes cut into the strap. There is stitching in a contrasting colour on the sides and end of the closed fan. Multi-coloured bands of leather thong encircle or are woven around the handles.

Culture
Hausa
Material
parchment paper, leather skin and dye
Made in
Kano, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanCb87

Fan with a round shapefan with fur attached, bound with stitched leather. The handle is bound in multi-coloured leather and attached by insertion into a sheath composed of a length of leather stitched to the main body of the fan. The sheath is overlaid with fur-bearing hide cut into triangular tooth-shaped edges. A loop of braided leather is attached by knots to the end of the handle. The fur on the sheath is white and on the fan, white and brown.

Culture
Hausa
Material
dye, leather skin and rawhide skin
Made in
Kano, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PotCb85

Round red clay pot with horseshoe-shaped open side and flat base; three large, raised rounded projections on rim and two bands of geometric design deeply incised; parallel lines on upper half and lightly incised pattern on lower half. Red brown with blackened areas inside on raised moldings and under rim on exterior.

Culture
Hausa
Material
clay
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PotCb84

Globular pot with short neck, flaring to circular mouth; rounded base. Unglazed shoulder decorated with lightly incised parallel lines arranged in a ring, circling neck. Light red-brown glaze with base and shoulder in lighter shade; whitened areas. Pot is pitted overall.

Culture
Hausa
Material
clay and ochre pigment
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PotAf443

Water pot with handle between pouring spout and air vent. Encircling ridge at shoulder and at ring base. Light yellow wash-like glaze. Handle, air vent, and shoulder ridge have abstract design in light red-brown consisting of curvilinear and straight lines with dots and crosses on top.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf358

Three bareheaded figures representing people holding ritual objects in their extended hands. They are surrounding a large mask and a ritual figure, both backed by a two-pronged stump-like support. The support on the right has two horn-shaped objects inserted into it. Large mask on the left has one horn on its head and two horn-shaped objects on its base. At the base of ritual figure, there are two containers and one cone-shaped object. Clothing, contents of dish, and two horn-shaped objects are light yellow-brown. Heads, limbs, mask, ritual figures, containers, three horn-like objects, and two stumps are dark brown. One horn-like object, a pitted club, and two rolled cloth ? offerings are light red-brown. On a square base of variegated thorn bush shavings.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
atum thorn, egun thorn, rice adhesive and wood
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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