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FigureK2.437

Figure of a woman with closed large oval eyes and a long thin nose that extends from the curved upraised brows. Small mouth. Five thin rings around the neck. Has breasts. Thin arms are at the sides and bent at the elbows so that the hands are resting slightly underneath the stomach. Long legs. On a circular base. Plain form of a woman, covered with orange paste.

Culture
Baule
Material
wood
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureK2.245

Wood figure of a man with an old-fashioned long plaited beard, a symbol of authority. His rounded eyes are closed. The nose extends from the curved upraised brows. The lips meet at the centre of the mouth. There are two diagonal grooves along each side of the neck. The angled shoulders extend into the arms that are bent at the elbows so that the hands are angled forward to hold the long plaited beard. The knees are slightly bent. On a circular base. Colour: black.

Culture
Baule
Material
wood and wax
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureK2.209

Cock on egg-like base. The bird has its head bent so that the beak is facing downward. The plump body is decorated with an abstract cross-hatching-lattice-like pattern. There is only one wing, the right wing which extends upward as does the tapering curved tail. Similarly there is only one foot, the right foot with four claws on the the egg-like base. There is only one wing and one foot as the object is flat on the back side. The egg-like base has a curved zig zag design surrounding impressed circles at the centre.

Culture
Mende: Temne
Material
wood
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureK2.215

Sculpture of a figure standing with the arms resting down the sides and bending at the elbows so that the hands are resting at the sides of the stomach. The partially oval rounded eyes are closed with the long thin nose extending from the high upraised brows. The mouth is prim. The hair is elaborately styled with incised lines. Around the neck, there is an orange and blue beaded necklace. The chest tapers into breasts with two vertical lines having diagonal grooves going down the centre of the chest. Two more horizontal lines having vertical grooves are around the front of the waist. The knees are slightly bent. On a circular base. Wood has been oiled and has now achieved the high sheen of a good, well cared for figure which characterises Baoule sculpture.

Culture
Baule
Material
wood, glass and fibre
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureK2.218

A tall wood figure of a female. She is standing with her short legs bent slightly at the knees. From her square shoulders, her arms extend downward, bending at the elbows to curve forward so that the hands are resting on the upper front of each leg. She has a long neck, and breasts. Her eyes have a horizontal grooved slit and her eyebrows are upraised. From her compressed mouth, there are three incised radiating lines at either side. Incised line patterns indicate the coiffure.

Culture
Baule
Material
wood
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureK2.220 a-b

Standing wood figures (ibeji). Two male figures, with the one (part a) slightly smaller than the second (part b). Both have black hair indicated by incised line patterns. Each figure has incised tribal marks, four of which are vertical at the top middle of the forehead with another three vertical on the cheeks. Part a has four more, while part b has five more tribal marks vertical along the sides of the face extending at a diagonal angle downward along the middle bottom of the face. More tribal marks radiate from and point downward from the naval. There are also vertical tribal marks on the chest. Extended arms have hands touching thighs. The legs of each figure are very short in relation to body and the feet are fairly large. The first figure (part a) has a necklace of long red, white, and blue cylindrical beads with smaller beads of a similar kind around its waist, right wrist, and both ankles. The second figure (part b) has two strings of tiny brown beads around its waist with anklets of a similar kind to the first figure (part a). Each stands on circular pedestal.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
wood, paint, clay ?, metal and glass
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC1301

Stylized human figure flat brown wood club with a paddle-like shape. One side is carved with elaborate geometric patterns all over the body, two circular inlaid abalone shell eyes, an open oval mouth with the tongue hanging out to slightly to its right side, and the two hands clasped together at the front holding an abalone shell object. The other side is carved with a log-like house on the top with an abalone shell inlaid star and crescent moon above on either sides, a diamond-shaped inlaid abalone shell in the middle, and a face at the bottom with oval inlaid abalone shell eyes slanting diagonally downward toward the small nose, below which, there is an open oval mouth with the tongue hanging out slightly to its left side, underneath which, a paddle and a spear cross with a sitting figure to their left side. There is a flat handle.

Culture
Maori
Material
abalone shell and wood
Made in
New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FluteC90

Two pieces of brown wood lashed together with fibre near each end. There is a face at the open hollow end with downward slanted shell eyes toward the small nose. A sideways figure-eight open mouth has perpendicular lines around the lips and two vertically curved features equally spaced within. Bilaterally symmetrical pattern of spirals with a somewhat heart-shaped open hole toward the middle of the body. Decorated with a diamond-shaped shell, a vertical oval-shaped shell, and a circular shell near toward the bottom end which has a rounded knob.

Culture
Maori ?
Material
wood, shell and fibre
Made in
New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BoxC1277 a-b

A small dark brown-black finished wood box with a rectangular shape. The lid (part b) slides vertically off of the top of the box (part a). The box has intricate geometric triangular patterns. The lid is carved with a human figure (tiki) that has an elaborate headdress, a pair of two long grooves slanting diagonally downward toward the short angular nose, circular shell eyes, a compressed heart-shaped mouth opening to show the tongue, spirals on the shoulders, geometric patterns on the body, and three-fingered hands resting under the belly.

Culture
Maori
Material
shell and wood
Made in
New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gable FigureC985

Stylized full length wooden human figure with the hands resting on the chest. The head is long and oval with closed eyes slanted diagonally downward toward the flat rectangular nose which tapers to a point and an upward curved open mouth. There is a neck, squared shoulders, arms bent at the elbows, a long rounded belly, rounded hindquarters, short stubby legs, and feet.

Culture
Maori
Material
totara wood
Made in
New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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