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HeaddressA4495

Two sides of face painted on uncarved wooden board. One front piece representing nose and mouth. Design painted in blue and red. Cedar fringe at the back. (Similar to A4494).

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
wood, cedar bark and paint
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressK2.405

Antelope headdress carved from wood. The figure has long curving horns incised with spiraling lines, an elongated and pointed stylized head incised with diagonal lines, triangular indents and holes, the neck is formed by concentric arches joined by diagonal supports with an outer edge of curved and pointed stylized hair, and the tail is short with a blunted tip. The figure stands on a rectangular base.

Culture
Bamana
Material
wood and stain
Made in
Mali
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressK2.207

Headdress in the form of a bird's head and neck composed of a wooden neck and head covered with leather and a hornbill beak attached to the head. Eyes are indicated by metal nails with rounded heads.

Culture
Hausa
Material
hornbill beak, wood, metal, leather skin and stain ?
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressK2.222

Carved brown headdress with an antelope form; varnished; elongated head, highly developed neck design; under-emphasized body and legs.

Culture
Bamana
Material
wood and lacquer ?
Made in
Mali
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressK2.233

Black, stylized wooden antelope headdress. Highly sophisticated design; strong pierced design in neck of antelope. Elongated head and horns, all covered with incised line patterns; dwarfed legs.

Culture
Bamana
Material
wood and stain ?
Made in
Mali
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressK2.221

Dark, black-brown wooden carving; stylized antelope figure with an elongated head, extended horns and highly developed neck design.

Culture
Bamana
Material
wood and stain ?
Made in
Mali
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressK2.181

A long thin brown fabric piece that has a main design consisting of red flannel with white cowrie shell rosettes and white goat fur trim with leopard skin trim. The ties are made of cotton.

Culture
Ngere
Material
goat skin, cowrie shell, cotton fibre and leopard skin
Made in
Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Raven Headdress3599/1

Raven headdress, or mask, with long cedar bark fringe. Emerging from the top of the head is a short cedar bark fringe, as well as black feathers and two attached wooden wing panels. Two additional upright wooden wing panels are attached at the back, and one horizontal panel. The panels are carved in relief and painted black, brown and dark red on a black background. The beak is black, and mouth is red. The lower part of the beak is hinged with strips of hide(?), nailed in place, and a thin grey plaited rope is attached to the inside of the lower beak, and hangs down with the long fringe. The eyes are black, outlined in red and black on a white ovoid background; the brow is black. The inside of the headdress is hollow and lined with yellow foam on the upper portion. Two thick plaited ropes are nailed to the top, at the back, to hold the mask on the wearer. Attached along the top ridge is a twisted and dyed cedar rope.

Culture
Wuikinuxv
Material
wood, paint, cedar bark, feather, metal, synthetic adhesive, foam and rawhide skin ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Headdress3541/2

Ghost net dari (or dhari) headdress. Headpiece is shaped like an inverted-U, with a horizontal line through the middle. Five lines extend from the top of the centre line. Middle one is straight and connects with the top edge; other four form inverted-U shapes and reconnect with the centre line. Two additional curved lines protrude from the middle line, connecting with the main body of the headpiece. Curved and inverted-U shaped lines are all dark blue; straight lines and headpiece are done in olive green, dark blue and green. Headpiece has an outer green border and it is connected to the headpiece with black zigzags. White feather-like protrusions extend from outer edges of green border; protrusions in bottom corners are longer than rest and undecorated. Rest of protrusions have had their ends cut; long diagonal lines extend from tips. All protrusions are secured with wire, wrapped in green. Orange circle is tied to top centre of headpiece with three feather-like shapes extending from it. Long black "feather" in the middle, framed by smaller white and black ones, is topped with tufts of white plastic.

Culture
Torres Strait Islander
Material
metal and plastic
Made in
“Torres Strait Islands: Erub Island” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Headdress3541/1

Dari (or dhari) feather headdress. Headpiece is shaped like an inverted-U, with a horizontal line through the middle. Three lines extend from the top of the centre line, connecting with the top edge; outer lines are curved, middle line is straight. All pieces are made of cane, wrapped in orange fibre. Headpiece has an outer border of plastic; connected to headpiece with black cane, shaped into a zigzag. White feathers protrude from outer edges of plastic, secured with black fibre; feathers in bottom corners are longer than rest and undecorated. Rest of white feathers have had their ends cut; each has three small triangles on either side and long diagonal lines at the tip. Large red seed is tied to the top centre of the headpiece and has three feathers extending from it. Long grey feather in the middle, framed by smaller white and black ones, is topped with a tuft of white feathers; secured to grey feather with white fibre.

Culture
Torres Strait Islander
Material
cane grass, goose feather, seed, plastic, fibre and dye
Made in
“Torres Strait Islands: Erub Island” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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