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Figure2960/25

Figure of a standing female. The face and head are narrow side to side and wide front to back. The jaw is square and sharp. The mouth is small with a wide nose narrowing toward the brow. Eyes are shallowly carved, cheeks are well-defined. The ears are large inverted U-shapes that protrude from the sides of the head. The hair at the forehead comes to a large point. The figure’s neck is long, shoulders broad and flat. Arms bend slightly and hands are held palms to the front. The breasts are large, conical, and point forward. The stomach distends slightly, with a protruding naval. The buttocks are large and pronounced; knees are bent so that the figure is in a slight squatting position. Feet are placed flat on a small circular base. A pattern of lines is barely discernible on the torso. The figure is covered with a dark brown paint.

Culture
Senufo ?
Material
wood, paint and metal
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire ? or Mali ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask2960/14

Carved wooden face mask topped by curved horns. The face is flat with a narrow rounded chin, widening toward the forehead. The mouth is small with protruding lips and a hole bored through the centre. To each side is a set of raised horizontal lines. The nose is wide at the nostrils and thin at the bridge. A diagonal line decorates the cheek to each side. Eyes are closed with wide curved slits as viewing holes. The brow is decorated with cross hatching. A raised line sits between the browns and extends to the top of the head, between two large, concave, inwardly curing horns that are ridged at bottom, smooth at top. Along the sides of the mask are four differently shaped protuberances, oval, rounded, square with horizontal lines, and leg shaped with ridges at the bottom. The interior of the mask is hollowed out, and has a set of evenly placed holes around the outer edge.

Culture
Senufo
Material
wood
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire and Mali
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask2842/5

A mask with vertical protusions carved into the mask at the top. The face is long and narrow with a pointed chin and prominent lips that are open to display large, square, carved teeth. The nose is long and thin, the eyes are slightly angled holes, and small triangular ears protrude. The face is patterned with small carved knobs along the cheeks, across the forehead, near the mouth and nose, and between the eyes. Hair is suggested by a diamond pattern carved into the wood at the forehead, and the head is topped with an elaborate headdress, with carved tines and a decorated half-circle plaque above. The back of the mask is concave.

Culture
Guro ? or Senufo ?
Material
wood
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskK2.9

Elongated human face mask that is horned and black. Slit eyes, long nose, and a protruding mouth. Rounded, flat ears. A relatively vertical, rectangular piece protrudes at either side of the face. Horns curve upward to meet at a point at the top. Tapering protrusions below at either side of the face.

Culture
Senufo
Material
wood
Made in
Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureK2.228

Woman seated on a stool. Senufo style coiffure. Stained black. She has large, closed eyes, a nose, and a mouth with pointed lips. A pair of grooved lines runs down across each breast. A pair of dashed grooved lines runs down the midle of her body to the navel. Her hands rest on each respective knee. The stool has two back legs while the woman's feet at the front provide the rest of the support.

Culture
Senufo
Material
wood
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureAg68

Human-like figure riding an animal, possibly a horse? Human-like figure has an oblong head with narrow eyes, a long thin nose, a small mouth, and a pointed chin. Long, thin body has a protruding belly and short legs. Wears a conical cap with a knob at the top centre. Figure's left arm holds the reins. Animal has a long oval face with narrow eyes, a long thin nose, and a small mouth with pointed ears and a ridge along the middle of its forehead. Has a smooth, tapering, pointed tail. Each pair of legs are connected by a triangular formation.

Culture
Senufo
Material
wood
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Heddle PulleyAg72

Heddle pulley with figure depicted at top. The figure has has pursed lips, circular eyes, a roughly square bump on the forehead, four protrusions at the top of its head with one tassel attached through a hole in one of the topmost protrusions, a vertical arched ridge at the back of the head, two pointed protrusions on either side of the chin, and conical breasts. String is wrapped around the back of the head with two groups of knots from which several strands of string emerge. Two arms just downwards, each with a hole through the end.

Culture
Senufo
Material
wood, fibre and stain
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask1373/6

A carved black face mask with two horns that protrude upward and curve concavely. The rounded eyes are carved with slits. The oval mouth with teeth gently protrudes outward. At each side there protrudes, from top to bottom, a vertical rectangle with two sets of four horizontal lines, a knob, and a "leg" which points downward.

Culture
Senufo
Material
wood, paint ?, metal and fibre
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask1373/37

A long oval face with two flat horns curving up into the middle where they met a rounded horn curved upward and concavely. The eyes are carved out into horizontal slits. Three diagonal lines are carved out from the nose going outward. The carved mouth has three carved lines emanating at angles from each side. The ears are high with their tops horizontal and pointed at an angle. At both sides there protrudes a vertical rectangle with two sets of four horizontal lines. The pointed chin is surrounded by a square at the bottom which flares up into a blunted y-shape around it. There is a metal hook at the back.

Culture
Senufo
Material
wood and metal
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask1373/28 a-b

The main part of the mask (part a) has slits carved out for the oval eyes. The ears are pointy triangles, and the nose is also pointed downward. The eyebrows and moustache are carved with a rectangular pattern. Protruding out at the sides of the mask are two trapezoids, one at each end, which have a feather-like pattern carved horizontally in the middle. The oval mouth with teeth protrudes out at a sharp angle. The bottom of the mask has two "legs". The top of the mask has two feet from which part b has broken off. Part b is a squatting female figure with pouty lips and a coiffure. The breasts and the belly are pointed outward, and the hands are resting on the knees.

Culture
Senufo
Material
wood and stain ?
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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