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CharmAf530

Face with wide protruding forehead, oval-shaped incised eyes, a pointed triangular nose, small pursed lips, and a rounded chin. Incised geometric designed on top of head to denote hair.

Culture
Dan ?
Material
wood
Made in
Liberia ? or Cote d'Ivoire ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CharmAf529

Oval-shaped face with broad protruding forehead. Linear incised lines denote hair. Eyes are crescent shaped, nose is triangular, and lips are pursed. Chin is pointed on the end. Back is slightly hollowed out and chin curves upwards. Brown in colour.

Culture
Bassa
Material
wood
Made in
Liberia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CharmAf526

Oval-shaped head with large pronounced forehead, small button nose, pursed lips, and pointed chin. Back is flat.

Culture
Dan
Material
wood
Made in
Liberia ? or Cote d'Ivoire ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CharmAf524

Oval-shaped face with pronounced forehead, incised carved lines to denote hair, inset eye sockets, long triangular nose, and small lips. Chin is pointed and curls up slightly.

Culture
Dan ?
Material
wood
Made in
Liberia ? or Cote d'Ivoire ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CharmAf523

Oval-shaped head with incised carved grooves denoting hair. Inset forehead, crescent-shaped eyes, thin triangular nose, and small pursed lips.

Culture
Dan ?
Material
wood
Made in
Liberia ? or Cote d'Ivoire ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskAf587

Mask representation. Oval-shaped face with broad forehead, cut-out oval-shaped eyes, broad, pointed nose, full pursed lips, and pointed chin. Overall colour is brown and reddish-brown.

Culture
Dan
Material
wood
Made in
Liberia ? or Cote d'Ivoire ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Knife978/1 a-b

Leather-bound knife handle (part a) with long leather-bound knife sheath cover (part b) and braided straps. End of handle has a metal loop attached to a wide knob and tapers to a narrow leather braided section that flares outward at the end and holds the blade. Knife blade is inserted into the sheath (part b) that has a large flared knob at the top, tapers to a narrow leather-covered section with small vertical fibre stitching and connects to two long braided straps with thick fibre braided loop pieces. Around each loop are decorative bands of braided leather and fibre.

Culture
West African
Material
skin, metal and fibre
Made in
Liberia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Stringed Musical InstrumentAf500 a-b

Gourd harp-like instrument. Forked piece of branch (part b), with a straight section of equal length to that of the forks, and with a stick going across the top creating a triangular frame. One side has nine holes pierced through by burning. Five grass strings are tied into five of them and go to the opposite side and wind around the stick. Piece of cord around unpierced end. Separated from frame is half of a brown-yellow gourd (part a), of which the top centre has four pierced holes on it with cracks around them, and grass going through two holes at the base of the gourd.

Culture
West African
Material
gourd fruit, wood and grass
Made in
Liberia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskK2.4

Dark brown, stylized human face with a prominent forehead and two protruding brass teeth.

Culture
Mano
Material
brass metal, wood and stain ?
Made in
Liberia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureK2.25

Stylized stone figure that has a long cylindrical body carved with the arms extending downward to have the hands clasped together in the front. The head has a vertical hairline design of zig zags down the middle with a horizontal incised line midway at the back. The eyes are carved in such a way that they dip inward concavely. There is a nose. The slightly open mouth has two grooves indicating teeth.

Culture
Mende
Material
stone
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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