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Thorn CarvingK2.106

Standing figure representing a person pounding fu fu. The arms are extended out in front of the figure sho is holding a stick with both hands. The stick is in the container on the ground in front of the figure. Clothes are of a lighter wood colour than the body. On a wood base.

Culture
Yoruba ?
Material
wood, adhesive and thorn
Made in
Viame, Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingK2.104

Sitting figure representing a female on "market gossip". Figure is sitting on a cylindrical object. The knees are bent so that the legs are angled frontward. The elbows are bent so that the arms are resting just above the knees. Clothes are of a slightly lighter wood colour than the body. On a wood base.

Culture
Yoruba ?
Material
wood, adhesive and thorn
Made in
Viame, Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingK2.103

Sitting figure representing a person selling at a market. Figure is sitting on a cylindrical object tapering upward. The knees are bent so that the legs are angled frontward and outward with the basket of goods in between the feet. The elbows are bent so that the arms are resting just above the knees. On a wood base.

Culture
Yoruba ?
Material
wood, adhesive and thorn
Made in
Viame, Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingK2.120

Figure representing a person in the act of kneeling in prayer. The figure is leaning forward on its right leg while the left knee is bent so that the left leg is extended outward and backward. Both arms are extended outward with the hands in front. Clothes are of a slightly lighter wood colour than the body. On a wood base.

Culture
Yoruba ?
Material
wood, adhesive and thorn
Made in
Viame, Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileK2.149

Small, rectangular shaped textile. This is a small sample of Khente cloth, which is normally five or six yards long and two yards wide, worn draped around the body and over one arm. Label reads, A.E. Asare and Co. Dento Mills Nsawan, Ghana. Green background with geometric and striped designs in red, orange, yellow; fringed at both ends.

Culture
Ewe
Material
silk fibre and synthetic dye
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceK2.404

Necklace composed of a disc-shaped pendant on a string of lozenge-shaped beads alternating with circles of twined grass with two spherical beads next to the pendant. The pendant is formed from grass stuck into beeswax with protruding twined strands at the centre and two bands of neatly twined strands.

Culture
West African
Material
grass, bee wax and fibre
Made in
Timbuktu, Mali
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PotK2.292

Pot made of red clay with rounded base and shoulder and a vertical lip around the mouth. Decorated with an incised semi-circule and linear design around the mouth. Black discolourations as a result of firing.

Culture
Ewe
Material
clay
Made in
Viame, Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearK2.251

Cast-iron head with a wood handle covered with leather decorations. Goat hair strip around the middle with fringes in turquoise, white, and black-lined brown strips of leather. Has an attached spear head cover of leather.

Culture
Hausa
Material
iron metal, wood and leather skin
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingK2.100

Sitting figure representing a person waiting for yam to cook down (bigger than the pot). Figure is sitting on a cylindrical object tapering upward. The knees are bent so that the legs are angled frontward and outward with the yam in between the feet. The elbows are bent so that the arms are resting just above the knees. Clothes are of a lighter wood colour than the body. On a wood base.

Culture
Yoruba ?
Material
thorn, adhesive and wood
Made in
Viame, Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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