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ContainerK2.243

Round, red-brown gourd container with a flaring mouth. Design consists of six panels with incised horizongtal line patterns that include zig zags and cross hatching with a z form below. Mouth has a central horizontal zig zag line surrounded by a pair of black lines above and below. Lines are painted black. Neck is black. Has a skin strap around the neck.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
gourd fruit, leather skin and paint
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gelede MaskK2.236

Headdress, or mask, depicting a human face with pointed lips, stylized ears, and raised rows of hair with incised lines, and three incised almond-shaped clan scarifications on the cheeks as well as the forehead. A chicken is depicted sitting on top of the the figure's head with its wings relaxed downwards, tail pointing upwards, and legs dangling down at the back of the head. The headdress is painted with white eyes, a white scalp with black hair, blue scarifications, and alternating white and blue bands delineate the chicken's feathers.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PotK2.230

Red-brown round pot with a spherical shape on the base. Three decorative concave knobs are on the top with a circular handle in the middle of the top and a pointed spout. The upper portion around these decorative knobs and spout has a main design that consists of incised line patterns around the top which are painted red and black.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureK2.231

Standing wood female figure (ibeji). Head is capped with a conical four-sided rounded headdress. Three scarification marks are horizontally incised along the cheeks. Extended arms have hands touching thighs.Has breasts. Has short legs in relation to body and the feet are very large. Stands on circular pedestal. Beads around neck and hips. Covered with camwood paste.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
wood, glass, fibre and camwood pigment
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Game BoardK2.226

Figures carved under each one of the seed pots, with six pairs totaling twelve. There is an upturned head carved at each end. Painted black, brown, and blue in vegetable dyes.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
paint and wood
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileK2.177

Rectangular shape, natural coloured cotton textile made of seven stripes sewn together; six run horizontally, one vertically. The textile is undecorated.

Culture
Hausa
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Abuja, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileK2.175

Small, rectangular textile with a slightly rounded side. The design consists of wide bands of geometric patterns of stripes, chevrons, honeycombs, triangles, zigzags in red, green, white, orange, blue on a dark red ground. Surface thread embroidered. The ends have twisted, thread fringe.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre and synthetic dye
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArmbandK2.50

Armband composed of copper wire bent into a c shape with a single strand hammered faceted knob at each end.

Culture
Hausa
Material
copper metal
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arm OrnamentK2.49

Arm ornament, or bracelet, composed of alternating copper and tin bands twisted together and finished with tin knobs on each end.

Culture
Hausa
Material
copper metal and tin metal
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentK2.48

Ornament composed of a single piece of twisted iron, square in cross-section, bent into a circle with the tips bent back. The ends overlap.

Culture
Hausa
Material
iron metal
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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