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Feather BoxC1466 a-b

A wooden box with an oval shape. Intricate spiral, and circular designs on the lid (part b), and the bowl (part a), which are quadrilaterally symmetrical. At each end of the bowl, there is a handle in the form of a human figure whose two-fingered hands curve inwardly over the stomach.

Culture
Maori
Material
wood
Made in
New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HookC1157

Fish hook. Rounded wooden shaft decorated with abalone shell inlay along the inner concave curve. Has no leader. Barb secured to shaft with twisted flax.

Culture
Maori
Material
abalone shell, wood, flax fibre and human bone
Made in
New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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StaffK2.239

Wood figure of a man on platform of a staff. Wearing the grass skirt, and tall conical cap of a feticheur and holding a rattle his left hand. Figure has tribal marks on cheeks. There is a stuffed fabric band around the bottom. A string of cowrie shells is attached to the wood loop at the bottom.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
wood, fibre and cowrie shell
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PaddleK2.398

A long wood lanceolate paddle shape that has a pointed blade with incised and pierced designs on the blade and the handle. Both sides of the blade have a four part design starting from the rounded end to the pointed tip of incised zig zags with longitudinal lines, a longitudinal band of incised hatch marks surrounded at each outer corner with an arch-doorway-like pierced shaped, a pierced design of zig zag surrounded by an incised design of hatch marks on each side and a carved zig zag line midway to the pointed tip. Each part of the four part design is separated by a plain horizontal band outlined with an incised horizontal line on each side. The handle is pierced with a zig zag along the middle with jagged edges along the sides and a pointed end.

Culture
Itsekiri
Material
wood
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingK2.116

Sitting figure representing a child with a bowl in front, waiting for breakfast. Figure is sitting on the floor with its left knee bent so that the left leg is lying in front and with is right knee bent so that the right leg is lying at the side. 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 CarvingK2.101

Sitting figure representing a person stirring a pot (réwâh or ézé) over a hearth (mizâh or adokpô). Figure is sitting on a cylindrical object tapering upward. The knees are bent so that the legs are angled frontward and outward with the pot and the fire in between the feet. The arms are extended outward as both hands hold a spatula (n’nawou or akoumé-dati) to stir the pot. 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 CarvingK2.102

Sitting figure representing a person dying cloth. Figure is sitting on a cylindrical object tapering upward. The knees are bent so that the legs are angled frontward and outward with a basket or a vase in between the feet. The arms are bent outward with the darkened cloth in between the hands. Clothes are of a lighter wood colour than the body. On a wood base.

Culture
Yoruba ?
Material
wood, paint, adhesive and thorn
Made in
Viame, Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingK2.111

Standing figure representing a woman with basket on her head going to market to sell. Her left arm is resting at her side as her right arm is bending upward to hold the basket. Her basket is a tall double piece which flares upward with the lower darker portion and has a tall tapering upward lighter upper portion. 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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Ceremonial PaddleC1033

A light red-brown wood paddle with a blade that has a pointed ovate shape, slightly concavely curved on one side and semi-convexly curved on the other side. The blade angles upward toward the top. Vertical rows of zig zag decoration tightly cover the entire surface. The flat, fairly rectangular-shaped finial at the end of the long thin rectangular handle is decorated with scallops and circular motifs.

Culture
Cook Islanders
Material
wood
Made in
Mangaia, Cook Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeaterC1043

A wood squared beater with longitudinal reeded incised grooves on all four sides and terminated by a horizontal band of lozenges around the middle. The small rounded cylindrical handle tapers to a rounded end. While the top of each side angles toward the centre, creating four triangles forming a point, the top has a more rounded shape to it.

Culture
Fijian
Material
wood
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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