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LadleK2.269

Spoon carved from one piece of wood with a shallow bowl that has a pointed tip, a handle with a roughly circular tip, and designs in poker work featuring bands on the handle where it meets the bowl and a triangular shape at the bowl tip as well as two lines that border the bowl rim.

Culture
Hausa
Material
wood
Made in
Giwa, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonK2.267

Spoon made from half a gourd with poker work designs applied to the inner surfaces. The rim of the spoon is blackened from bowl to handle and two lines extend from the tip of the handle to the neck of the bowl with a zigzag line between them.

Culture
Hausa
Material
gourd fruit
Made in
Giwa, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonK2.266

Spoon made from half a gourd with poker work designs applied to the inner surfaces. The rim of the spoon is blackened from bowl to handle and two lines extend from the tip of the handle to the neck of the bowl.

Culture
Hausa
Material
gourd fruit
Made in
Giwa, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonK2.264

Spoon made from half a gourd with poker work designs applied to the inner surfaces. The rim of the bowl is blackened with a series of lines and zigzags on the handle, two hooked lines that extend from the handle into the bowl, and one brush line on the inside of the spoon bowl.

Culture
Hausa
Material
gourd fruit
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatK2.263

Conical, woven grass hat with flat brim and a braided leather chin strap. Grass is natural in colour with red, yellow, and black dyed accents woven into stripes of colour. Raw grass ends stick out on outer side as decoration. Round knob at apex. Tassel at end of chin strap.

Culture
Asante ?
Material
grass, leather skin and dye
Made in
Kumasi, Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatK2.262

A large oval basketry woven mat that has complex colour patterns using green, black, red, yellow, and natural coloured fibres. Plain weave strips joined together in oval shape.

Culture
West African
Material
palm leaf
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlK2.261

Grass bowl with a tall, wide cylindrical base and a deep, wide bowl. There are four sets of two triangles wrapped over rim; six are made of a different, darker type of grass; two of a lighter material then the bowl. Twisted grass, then woven in lattice-wrap weave.

Culture
Fulani
Material
grass
Made in
Sudan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentK2.319

Metal piece with an open bracelet shape that is oval. Design consists of three sets of narrow horizontal bands crossing the vertical bands that run curvi-linear along the oval shape. Cire-perdue method of casting.

Culture
Akan
Material
copper metal
Made in
Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentK2.318

Ornament made from a piece of metal bent into a c shape with four rounded bands and two rows of semicircles at the ends as well as at the centre of the ornament.

Culture
Akan
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold WeightK2.317

Thin, rectangular metal piece with a design that consists of nine upraised horizontal lines. Lines representing units of weight.

Culture
Akan
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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