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Ornament2960/31

Large gold coloured portrait ring. The ring itself is squared, large, with a join line running horizontally through the metal and visible on the interior as well as the exterior. To the front of the ring is welded a face, slightly convex; imitating a Senufo mask. The snout is square, with a slightly open mouth at the bottom. The nose is wide and protrudes. Eyes are protruding circles, closed. The head is rounded, and arching above it are two long thin curving horns that almost touch, each of which has incised horizontal lines on the front.

Culture
Senufo ?
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire ? or Mali ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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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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Mask2960/17

Carved wooden mask with a long, rectangular face and a rounded snout. The open mouth has several long sharp wooden teeth (holes in the upper and lower jaws indicate several teeth may be missing). From a concave upper lip protrudes a large rectangular nose with a small piece of rust coloured fabric tied through a hole in the tip. Large eyes are bored through the wood on either side of the nose and beneath a large bulging forehead decorated with lines and criss-crosses. On the crown of the head is a wooden outcropping, laying between two large mule-like ears standing straight up, each with many small holes on the inward side, regularly placed. The inside of the mask is hollowed out with string holes on either side.

Culture
Bamana
Material
wood and paint
Made in
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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Mask2815/11

Kanaga mask. Wooden ceremonial mask that takes the form of a large head attached to a body made of crossed wooden slats. The body forms a double cross. The long, two-toned face has holes cut through the wood for eyes and ears. There is a conical protrusion at the forehead, which sits atop a blade-shaped nose, leading into a prow-shaped jaw with no mouth. Two points hang down on either side of the jaw. Several small holes are bored into the edges of the face. The neck is made of three small columns of wood and is attached to the body by adhesive and thin skin straps with remnants of white fur. The body is made of several slats of wood, one vertically placed, crossed by two horizontal with small vertical slats at both ends, marked to represent digits. The slats are tied to each other by skin and/or fibre straps. The body is also two-toned in colour.

Culture
Dogon
Material
wood, skin, fibre and pigment
Made in
Mali
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Headdress2815/4

A wooden headdress depicting a mythic antelope mother and child. The larger antelope has long horns, a narrow face, and a curved neck. Each horn has carved into it three sets of four rings. A pattern of carved lines runs vertically down each side and across the forehead. Attached to the face with small nails are metal decorations down both cheeks and across the forehead. A similar decoration is found on both sides of the torso and across the back. The eyes are made of metal nails with a large head. In the ears are round twisted metal rings. The small antelope is on her back. Its short horns are also carved with rings, two sets of four per horn. It has a round twisted metal nose ring, the same large-headed nails for eyes, and earrings of shell and red and blue plastic beads. The large-headed nails are used as decoration in various locations on the figure.

Culture
Bamana
Material
wood, metal, plastic, shell and fibre
Made in
Mali
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2842/1

A tall, thin wooden figure with its head composed of two long faces on either side, with a long protruding nose, slits carved for the eyes, a rounded protruding chin, and a very slight protrusion at mouth area, but no mouth carved. Long hair or a headdress surrounds the faces. Evidence of decoration in the form of angled lines can be seen on a small portion of the hair to one side. The neck is long and thin, leading down to a large, pronounced, rounded shoulder area. The torso is long and thin, ending at a wider base, with two vertical side supports carved into the wood. The figure is two-toned in colour, with a dark brown wood cortex, and a light yellow-brown interior that is shown more prominently. Figure is screwed onto a thin wooden stand.

Culture
Bamana
Material
wood and metal
Made in
Mali
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Altar Lamp2815/3

Altar lamp made of iron. The central part of the lamp is made of a long, thin bar of iron, bolted to a bent metal base with four legs. At the top, a shallow bowl is bolted to the main bar, with paddles hanging to the left and right, chained to upwardly bent bars. Above the bowl is a figure with bent arms and raised hands, fingers spread. It wears a long, curved headdress.

Culture
Bamana
Material
iron metal
Made in
Mali
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskK2.198

Brown wood mask with five horns on the crown. Has square cut out eyes with upraised and incised brows above, a thin, deep nose, and an open mouth. Has ears. Along the hairline, there is a double incised zig zag line. Hair has nine vertical ridges with a zig zag along their middles.

Culture
Bamana
Material
wood
Made in
Mali
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskK2.197

No decoration, plain, dark brown wood mask with strong features representing the antelope. Has a large forehead incised with a horizontal bordered band of zig zags. At the front of the forehead, there are two long horns and at the back of the sides of the head, there are two long ears. Has horizontal, rectangular cut out eyes, a thin, deep nose, and an open mouth at the bottom. String is attached at either sides of the back.

Culture
Bamana
Material
wood
Made in
Bamako, Mali
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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