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Spoon1264/16

Large spoon with thin deep sides around bowl of spoon and handle. Sides flare slightly outwards. Circular design at the bottom of bowl of spoon.

Culture
Asante
Material
metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spoon1264/15

Large spoon with thin deep sides around bowl of spoon and handle. Sides flare slightly outwards. Circular design at the bottom of bowl of spoon.

Culture
Asante
Material
metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spoon1264/14

Large spoon with thin deep sides around bowl of spoon and handle. Sides flare slightly outwards. Circular design at the bottom of bowl of spoon.

Culture
Asante
Material
metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spoon1264/10

Long, thin-handled spoon. Bowl of spoon is small and round. End of handle is slightly flared. Handle has eight sets of three diagonal markings down its length.

Culture
Asante
Material
brass metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Comb1264/7

Metal comb that has a wide handle and rounded end. The widest end of the comb connects to six evenly spaced teeth and is divided by a small raised metal ridge. The handle of the has geometric designs aound its perimeter.

Culture
Asante
Material
brass metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold Weight1351/5

Group of six metal human figures on base plate. A central table has 14 cylindrical shapes on its surface. On one side of the table, a male figure is seated on a chair, and has two shorter human figures on either side of him, one of which is holding an umbrella over the seated male. On the opposite side of the table, a female figure is seated on a stool and has two shorter human figures on either side of her.

Culture
Asante
Material
brass metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold Weight1351/2

Miniature, standing gold human figure holding a bowl in outstretched hands. Figure's arms and legs are long and thin while the face appears mask-like, having an elongated forehead and slits for eyes. Figure wears a thong-like rope-shaped garment running around the waist and between the legs. Figure stands on a small, flat, octagonal gold base.

Culture
Asante
Material
brass metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure1373/61

Miniature standing man on a square base holding a horn-like object to his mouth. Figure's arms and legs are long and thin while the faces appear mask-like. Figure wears a thong-like rope-shaped garment running around the waist and between the legs.

Culture
Asante
Material
metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fertility Figure771/49

Fertility figure (akuaba) with a flat, disc-shaped head. Carved from brown wood, with a simple cross-shaped design for the body. A round, raised knob with a rectilinear carved design extending below it marks the area around the figure's stomach. Neck is carved into three spherical shapes stacked one on top of the other. Face is large, round and flat with shallowly carved, reductive facial features and three small round holes bored through the wood at the outer extremities near the ears and the height of the forehead. Three parallel horizontal double lines connected vertically through the centre are carved on the reverse of the face. The entire figure is mounted on a black rectangular wooden base.

Culture
Asante
Material
wood and stain ?
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceAf491

Small, cylindrical, lusterless black with white and red beads in alternating sequence. The necklace is strung on black cotton thread which is tied in two places.

Culture
Asante
Material
cotton fibre, dye and glass
Made in
Kumasi, Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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