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Thorn CarvingAf425

Two standing figures representing people facing each other. One is holding a conical drum and is wearing an elbow-length-sleeved shirt, knee-length pants, and a small conical hat. The other figure is wearing a short skirt over knee-length pants and is bare chested with arms bent upwards at elbows. Clothing and drum head are light yellow-brown. Bodies, limbs of figures, and body of drum are dark brown. Hat is light red-brown. Base is light brown wood stained brown.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
egun thorn, stain, wood, rice adhesive and atum thorn
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf414

House with ten figures representing people engaged in a variety of activities. Architectural features include a four-sided peak roof covered with variegated shavings, six square windows, and an open doorway. The sides of the house and the front open area are plastered with a mud and rice glue(?) mixture with variegated chips adhering to it. The interior contains a bed with two pillows and a large pot with a pestle. Activities depicted include sleeping, food preparation, standing at windows, drinking palm wine, carrying a pot, and playing the game ayo. A naked child is sitting on the floor inside and another is standing next to a drinking figure. Sitting adults are wearing shirts and shorts while others are wearing knee-length dresses. Figure carrying pot has a coil on the head. Clothing, calabash, pot, and pestle are light yellow-brown. Human figures, carried pot, gaming board, and small pot are dark brown. Cup, pillows, and head coil are light red-brown.

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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Thorn CarvingAf413

Three standing figures representing women. Two are bareheaded and one is wearing a soft pointed hat. One has a baby tied to her waist and the others are holding pounders over two pots on the ground. The clothing, baby sling, double-ended pounders, and solid based pot are light yellow-brown. Heads, limbs, and pot on three-legged stand are dark brown. Hat and short pounder is light red-brown. The base is light brown wood.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
wood, rice adhesive, egun thorn and atum thorn
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf412

Figure representing a woman holding a dish in her left hand as she is feeding four chickens. Two chickens are light red-brown. The other two chickens, the feed, and the woman's short-sleeved dress are light yellow-brown. Head, limbs, and dish are dark brown. The base is light brown wood.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
egun thorn, wood, rice adhesive and atum thorn
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf411

Figures representing a woman with a baby in a sling tied to her waist. She is sitting on a stool with her left leg outstretched in front of her and her right leg bent backwards at the knee. She is wearing a sleeved dress and is dipping cloth into a pot. Dress and baby sling are light yellow-brown. Heads, woman's limbs, and stool are dark brown. The pot, cloth, and woman's hands are very dark blue. The base is light brown wood.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
rice adhesive, wood, egun thorn, atum thorn, dye, paper and fibre
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf410

Figure representing a woman bending over a well drawing water with a pail on a rope. She is wearing a sleeved dress, and she is carrying a child in a sling tied to her back. Well, limbs, and heads are dark brown. Dress and sling are light red-brown. Carving on pail is light yellow-brown. The base is light brown wood.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
egun thorn, fibre, wood, rice adhesive and atum thorn
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf398 a-b

Figure representing a man (part a) on a wooden base. He is bent slightly forward, wearing knee-length pants. A round single membrane gourd (?) drum hangs suspended from his left shoulder by a cord. In his right hand, he is holding a curved drumstick (part b). His left hand is touching the outside of the drum near its head. Limbs, drumstick, and drum body are dark brown. Pants and drum head are light yellow-brown.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
egun thorn, stain, wood, rice adhesive and atum thorn
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf397

Two figures representing people. One is a man with a bare head, and feet, and he is wearing knee-length pants and a shirt while he is bending at the waist with his fingers touching the head of a round drum which rests on the floor. The drum base has a large human ritualistic face carved on the front. Facing the man, there is a woman wearing a knee-length pleated skirt, and standing with her arms bent, and outstretched with her feet apart, and appearing to be dancing. Clothes and drum head are light yellow-brown. Skin, hair, and drum base are dark brown. The figures are mounted on a rectangular wood base.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
atum thorn, rice adhesive, stain, wood and egun thorn
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf396

A figure representing a male with bare feet, a shirt, and short pants bending at the waist, and striking drums with a long straight stick in his right hand and a shorter stick in his left. On the floor, there are three conical drums, two of which have circular heads and the third of which has an oval head and two feet. Drums and figure are glued to a rectangular light brown wooden base. Drum heads, shirt, pants, and drum sticks are light yellow-brown. Drums and limbs are dark brown.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
egun thorn, atum thorn, rice adhesive, stain and wood
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf395

Two figures representing a man and a woman standing on a wooden base. The man is wearing a pleated brimmed hat, a sleeveless loose tunic, and knee-length pants. He is sitting on a small cylindrical stool, holding between his legs a conical one-headed drum with striated sides. His arms are bending, and his fingers are resting on the edge of the drumhead. The woman is wearing a large softly draped hat, and a knee-length dress with elbow-length sleeves. She is standing with her feet slightly apart, and her arms slightly bent. She is bending forward as if bowing from the waist. Hats, dress, shirt, drumhead, and stool are light yellow-brown. Skin and drum body are dark brown.

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