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Thorn CarvingAf430

Figure representing a woman standing bent over with her left arm outstretched and limbs bare. She is wearing a complex cap, a sleeveless dress, and a baby on her back in a cloth sling which is encircling her waist. She is striking a small naked child on the left shoulder with a handled stick, which is held in her right hand. Child, baby's head, and woman's limbs are dark brown. The cap, clothing, base, and handled stick are light yellow-brown. On a wood base.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
rice adhesive, wood, egun thorn and atum thorn
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf429

Figure representing a woman wearing a multi-pointed hat, a sleeveless dress with a sling around her waist to support a baby on her back, and she is sitting on a cylindrical stool facing a small table on a cylindrical base. There are three bunches of plantain on the table. Heads, limbs, and table are dark brown. Dress and stool are light yellow-brown. Hat and plantain are light red-brown. The wood base is light brown.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
atum thorn, wood, rice adhesive and egun thorn
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf428

A figure representing a male standing with three sheep in front him. He is wearing a brimmed hat, a shirt, and knee-length trousers, and he is holding a forked staff. The sheep and clothing are light yellow-brown. Limbs and face are dark brown. The base and staff are light brown wood.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
stain, wood, egun thorn, atum thorn and rice adhesive
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf427

Two bareheaded figures representing people sitting on cylindrical stools on either side of a table. Each is holding a book with writing in red ink. A third book is titled 'the new book' in red ink and is lying on the table top. Head and limbs are dark brown. Clothing, stool, and books are light yellow-brown. Table and base are light brown wood.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
egun thorn, rice adhesive, atum thorn, wood and ink
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf426

A figure representing a person tying vines to two poles on two mounds. The figure is wearing a light yellow-brown short-sleeved tunic and pants. His limbs, head, and soft draped hat are dark brown. On a wood base.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
egun thorn, rice adhesive, atum thorn and wood
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressNe207

Chief's headdress with cap of light blue felt. Rim of cap has feathers inserted into leather holders sewn to felt. Holders are painted in bands of red, blue, and white. Feathers are brown and white with blue marabou feathers glued to the bottom shaft and to the tip of the feather. Red paper circles are glued where the marabou meets the eagle feather tip. Orange marabou feathers are on the crown of the cap. Band of loom-woven beadwork in red, blue, and yellow runs across the front to rounds of beadwork at either end. Dangles of loom woven beads with marabou feathers tied to the ends and two strips of white fur with black tips, hang from each side.

Culture
Cree
Material
skin, paint, paper, cotton fibre, leather skin, glass, wool fibre and feather
Made in
Maskwacis, Alberta, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf415

A representation of a rectangular church with six rounded arched windows, a rounded door, and a cross at either end of the pitched roof. The roof is covered with variegated shavings. The interior is furnished with three benches, a lectern, and a table. The standing figure is in an ankle length robe and is in front of a book on the lectern. There are six sitting figures, two to each bench, wearing short-sleeved shirts and shorts. The sides, and the front of the church, and the benches are yellow-brown. The figures, bench supports, and crosses are dark brown. Clothing and book are light yellow-brown.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
egun thorn, atum thorn, rice adhesive and wood
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleAf475

Elongated gourd rattle with stopper and leather fringe. Neck and pointed base of gourd are stained black. Elaborate decoration of mid-section consists of three panels each repeating the same linear and curvilinear patterns separated by crosshatched forms and bordered top and bottom by two parallel lines enclosing interlocking forms. Black decoration is burnt and stained. Light yellow of gourd is exposed where incised, skin is light brown. Stopper is red, and fringe is black striped.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
gourd fruit, stain and leather skin
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf384

Figure representing a man sitting on a circular stool with his legs extended under a square table eating from a round bowl. He is wearing a sleeveless shirt and knee-length trousers. Limbs, head, and bowl are dark brown. Food is light red-brown. Shirt and trousers are light yellow-brown. The table and base are light brown wood.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
atum thorn, rice adhesive, wood and egun thorn
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf383

Standing figure representing a man hilling yams with a hoe-like instrument. The yams are covered with variegated chips. The man is wearing a short-sleeved shirt hanging in loose folds and knee-length trousers. He is wearing a soft pointed cap. Shirt and trousers are light yellow-brown. Head and limbs are dark brown. Hat is light red-brown. The base and hoe-like instruments are light brown wood.

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