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LadleIe439 a-b

A ladle with a garamut handle (part a) that has a relief carving of six bird-like heads, all of which have large curved noses. The bowl (part b) is a half coconut shell and is tied to the handle with cane fibres through four holes forming two criss-cross patterns on the back. The end of the handle has one ring, and a knob. The handle is loose.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
garamut wood, coconut nutshell and cane grass
Made in
Madang, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf368

Eleven figures representing people standing and one prone in front of a shrine. Five are wearing sleeveless shirts and trousers. One is wearing a knee-length sleeveless dress. Three are wearing an elbow-length shirt and trousers. One is wearing a sleeved dress and two are wearing skirts. Seven are wearing hats. Six are holding containers. One is holding a double-headed conical drum with a straight stick in the left hand. Two figures are holding a dog suspended with rope. On the shrine there are three masks dotted with indigo blue paint, two rifles, three horn-like containers, one bottle-like container, and palm fronds. Clothing, drum ends, and part of guns are light yellow-brown. Limbs, heads, and some containers are dark brown. Hats, dog, some containers, palm fronds, and one mask are light red-brown. Base and rifles are light brown wood. Shrine and base are covered with variegated thorn chips.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
atum thorn, rice adhesive, fibre, wood and egun thorn
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf353

Five figures representing people around a shrine. Four males and one female are before a two figure shrine on a dais. One figure has his hands on a drum, one is touching the shrine, two are holding objects, and one is simply standing. Cowrie shell in front of shrine. Male figures are wearing short-sleeved shirts over shorts while female is wearing a full-length gown. There are four styles of hats represented while one figure is bareheaded. One figure on the shrine has a cowrie shell on the back of his head while the other has a calabash containing an ancestral face on its head. Heads, arms, legs, and pot are dark brown. The shirts, shorts, and gowns are light yellow-brown. The figures, drum stand, dais, and cowrie shell are all glued to a light brown base. Four hats and the calabash are light red-brown.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
egun thorn, wood, rice adhesive, atum thorn and cowrie shell
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf351

Scene of a ritual offering with three standing figures before a shrine, consisting of a carved bearded head and a dwarf-like figure. Two tall double cones of ant hills, in opposite corners, one of which is light yellow-brown while the other is dark brown. Central figure is holding a chicken offering, the figure on the right is holding a drum and a drum stick, and the figure on the left is holding one container in one hand and another container on the chest. The dwarf-like figure has bush cow horn on the head and two pipe-shaped containers on the back. Head rests on mound into which two containers are embedded. Two containers are also embedded in the head. Three figures are wearing sleeveless knee-length garments, two of which are in pants while one is in a dress. Male figure is wearing a conical hat, and centre female figure has hair upswept into a top knot. Second male has short hair. Base, including support for head, is covered with variegated shavings. "Kekere Osa of Oyo" is written on the bottom of base.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
egun thorn, wood, stain, rice adhesive and atum thorn
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf352

Three figures representing people facing a shrine of heads. All figures are holding offerings. Dwarf-like man with beard is holding a skull and a bush cow horn, and he is wearing a short skirt. One man with a beard is holding a stick, and he is wearing knee-length pants with a horn attached to the front of his pants. One woman is holding a skull, and she is wearing a knee-length skirt. The shrine is holding a skull with a horn protruding from the forehead, and a horn held in its mouth, a large flat skull with two horns protruding from the forehead, a small flat skull on top of the head, a round skull with beard, and a stick embedded in top the of the head, and a horn lying on top of the head. Skulls lying on wood chip covered shrine. Heads, arms, legs, large skulls, two small skulls, and horns are dark brown. Clothes and some horns are light yellow-brown. Small skull, stick, and horns are light red-brown. On a wood base.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
atum thorn, egun thorn, wood, stain and rice adhesive
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf350

Nine bareheaded standing figures representing people. Eight are robed and five are holding rolled cloth objects in their right hand. The ninth figure is wearing a shirt, and pants, and is playing two conical shaped drums (membranophone) resting on the ground. Figures are encircling a tall, masked form decorated with headdress, horned-shaped objects, and thorn bush shavings. In front, there is a round table with seven horn-shaped objects, and thornbush shavings decorating the base of drums. Heads, limbs, mask, and three horns are dark brown. Robes, three horns, and head of drums are light yellow-brown. The drummers' shirts, pants, the spiral carved objects, table, centrepiece, and two horns are light red-brown. The wood base is covered with variegated thornbush 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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FigureAf445

Standing wood figure (ibeji) on a round base. Female with distorted proportions. Arms at sides with hands touching thighs. Large head with stylized head arrangement. Brow and hair are stained black. Protruding eyes with holes for pupils. Eight eye-like incisions on each cheek and three on the forehead. Protruding breasts with large nipples. Protruding navel and carved pubic hair.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
wood and stain
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BellAc223

Long narrow u-shaped bell carved from a single piece of wood, and roughly adzed. Narrow rectangular opening on the bottom. Two round holes on top where the fibre string passes through, and from which two cylindrical clappers hang. String tied in two knots, one at each hole on the outside forming a large loop for hanging.

Culture
Kasai
Material
wood and fibre
Made in
Kasai, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MortarAc221 a-b

Miniature mortar and pestle. The mortar (part a) is cylindrical, and roughly carved in three sections from a single piece of wood. Base is slightly rounded. Top rim is flat with rough edges. Pestle (part b) is carved from a single piece of wood, is long with two ends, and has a central cylinder. Centre is wide then narrows to thicker knob-like ends.

Culture
Kasai
Material
wood
Made in
Kasai, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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GongAc218 a-b

Narrow miniature gong drum (part a) with handle, and a drumstick ( part b). Rectangular gong (part a) is carved from a single piece of wood with the lower corners curving inward. The top has a long rectangular hollowed out section. Inverted u-shaped cane handle is nailed to each end. Roughly adzed overall. The gong has 'Lukumbi' written in ink on one side. Drumstick (part b) is carved from a single piece of wood, and is thick with a rounded striking end. Stick has 'Mombo' written in ink on handle.

Culture
Kasai
Material
wood, stem ? and metal
Made in
Kasai, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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