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Kente Textile3473/5

Kente cloth composed of eighteen hand woven cloth strips. The strips have been stitched together along the long edge and have embroidered designs overtop. Each strip has a repeating stripe pattern; done in dark blue, white, light blue, maroon, yellow, green, and red. The embroidered designs are in the centre of the cloth and consist of rectangular blocks, plain stripes and ladder-like stripes; done in yellow, dark green, blue, orange, blue-grey, green-grey and white. Tag attached to bottom right corner.

Culture
Ewe
Material
cotton fibre, dye and silk fibre
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Costume3473/2 a-b

Two-piece mask (part a) and tunic (part b) costume. Mask consists of a rounded basketry headpiece, crowned with ten horns, and a rectangular panel hanging from the front. Headpiece is covered in thick braids, made of hair, which wrap around the bases of the horns. The braids then extend downward, draping over the chest and back of the wearer. Braids have red cloth tied at intervals along their length with cowrie shells hanging from their bottoms. The mask panel is covered entirely in cowrie shells with stuffed red fabric in the centre, imitating eyes and a nose. Additional cowrie shells and red fabric decorate the horns. The tunic is sleeveless and indigo-dyed, with off-white designs throughout. Designs are inside rectangular blocks across surface. Designs include: interlocking abstract “X” shapes, dots, concentric diamonds, and propeller-like shapes. Fringe decorates bottom edges and slits are cut underneath arm openings. Black cloth lining around neck opening and slits.

Culture
Bamileke
Material
cotton fibre, indigo dye, hair fibre, dye, horn, cowrie shell, wood ? and plant fibre
Made in
Cameroon
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Kente Textile3473/6

Kente cloth composed of twenty-two hand woven cloth strips, forming ten rows. Four strips span the entire length of the textile, six rows consist of three shorter strips. All have embroidered designs overtop. Each strip has a repeating stripe pattern; done in orange, light blue, white, light purple, dark blue, and red. The six shorter strips along the right side are attached to the cloth upside down, causing the pattern to break in the bottom corner. The embroidered designs cover the entire cloth, except the left edge. The designs consist of rectangular blocks, plain stripes and ladder-like stripes; done in shades of yellow, green, red, white, orange, blue, and purple.

Culture
Ewe
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre and dye
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Kente Textile3473/4

Kente cloth composed of twenty-three hand woven cloth strips. The strips have been stitched together along the long edge and have embroidered designs overtop. Each strip has a multi-coloured checkered pattern; done in black, yellow, red, green and blue. The embroidered designs in the centre of the cloth consist of rectangular blocks, plain stripes, ladder-like stripes and geometric motifs; done in dark yellow, black, dark red, blue, green, and light orange. Left and right edges are covered entirely in embroidery, consisting of a rectangular block design. Blocks are filled with horizontal and vertical stripes, checkers, and parallelogram-like shapes; done in dark orange, dark red, dark yellow, green, yellow, dark blue and light pink. Tag attached to back bottom right corner.

Culture
Ghanaian
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3473/3

Large ndop cloth composed of twenty panels sewn together with plant fibre. The indigo-dyed panels have been stitched together along the short edge and have off-white designs throughout. Designs are done in vertical bands and filled with geometric and linear motifs. Motifs include: abstract interlocking “X” shapes, dots, zigzags, concentric diamonds, segmented circles, grid-like patterns, and connected lines.

Culture
Bamileke
Material
cotton fibre, indigo dye and plant fibre
Made in
Cameroon
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Costume3473/1

Egungun costume. One-piece mask and costume; the cloth mask, with a circular frame, is made of black velvet-like material. Metallic, silver scalloped ribbons decorate the sides and back. The front of the mask is made of a cowrie shell embroidered mesh panel, with wide gaps between the rows where the eyes would be. In the centre of the mesh panel is a hanging strand of cowrie shells and painted beads, with a small bell at the end. Strand secured to panel with plant fibre. A small red, stuffed ball is attached to the bottom centre of the panel. Along the forehead of the mask, above the cowrie shells, is a wide curvilinear motif done in sequins and beads. Fabric covered square board is stitched to the top of the mask. It has a central floral motif and short brown fringe along its edges. Heavily beaded panels hang from all sides of the board- three on the front and each side, one along the back. Panels depict curvilinear, geometric and animal motifs in sequins and beads. Back panel has “AYÏBAMA” written across it. All are lined with orange cotton. Bottom of mask has a frilled collar. Collar made of dark green velvet-like material with metallic gold ribbons, red trim and thick white and red fringe. Underneath the collar, attached to the front and back of the mask, are two weighted bags. Extending from the bags are three layers of long lappets. The top layer is covered entirely in sequins and beads. The designs are geometric, animal and curvilinear. The second and third layers are made of velvet-like material and have geometric, linear and curvilinear motifs. All beaded lappets are trimmed with metallic red zigzag ribbons. First layer of velvet-like lappets are trimmed with silver zigzag ribbons, second layer trimmed with gold zigzag ribbons. All lappets are lined with machine-printed cotton that have frog designs across them. Underneath all of the lappets is a plain red cloth, trimmed with a black zigzag ribbon.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
wood ?, metal, plastic, cotton fibre, glass, plant fibre, cowrie shell and synthetic fibre
Made in
Oyo, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rod Puppet3420/93 a-k

Large painted wooden boat puppet (part a) with ten painted figures (parts b-k). The boat is painted black with white, red, yellow and dark green vertical bands on either end, as well as two yellow semicircles, and many white zigzag designs. There are five benches within the boat. The bow has a shorter white painted side section than the stern. The figures have different colours of painted skin (red, orange, yellow, dark brown) and each wears a fabric dress or tunic. There are 11 holes drilled down on the top of the boat for the puppets to be inserted into. Four of the puppets (parts b-c, j-k) hold either a paddle or stick, which is controlled by a green cord.

Culture
Bozo and Bamana
Material
wood, fibre and paint
Made in
Segou, Mali
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rod Puppet3420/98

Painted, mask-style animal head on a wooden stick. The white cat-like head is painted with black and yellow spots, and the ears and mouth are painted red. The face has painted large circular eyes, and whiskers below the long carved nose. A wooden handle is inserted into the back of the head, and is unpainted. There are large metal staples spaced around the back of the head.

Culture
Bozo and Bamana
Material
wood, paint and metal
Made in
Segou, Mali
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tunic3420/53 a-b

Tunic (part a) and hat (part b). The large T-shaped tunic is made of a black fabric with beige and red applique. The tunic has large open sleeves. The sleeves, lower portion of skirt, and circular area around neck have the same repeating beetle-like design in beige with red dots throughout. Across the plain black section are rows of alternating red and beige dots. The hat is made of a dark navy fabric with beige and red applique, and cowrie embellishments on the sides. Composed of two pieces of fabric, semi-circular at the top, then tapering to a point at the bottom, edged and lined with red fabric.

Culture
Bamum
Material
fibre and cowrie shell
Made in
Cameroon
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Power Figure3420/10

Shrine or power figure. Roughly shaped in the form of a bush cow; made of various compacted (unidentified) organic materials. The body surface shows cracks all over in the dried, layered materials. Also a layer of orange-brown streak marks running down the sides.

Culture
Bamana
Material
earth, wood, cotton fibre, plant and iron metal ?
Made in
Mali
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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