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FigureK2.209

Cock on egg-like base. The bird has its head bent so that the beak is facing downward. The plump body is decorated with an abstract cross-hatching-lattice-like pattern. There is only one wing, the right wing which extends upward as does the tapering curved tail. Similarly there is only one foot, the right foot with four claws on the the egg-like base. There is only one wing and one foot as the object is flat on the back side. The egg-like base has a curved zig zag design surrounding impressed circles at the centre.

Culture
Mende: Temne
Material
wood
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureK2.24

A stone sculpture of two bodies back to back. The smaller body consists of a large face carved with eyes, a nose with nostrils, and an open mouth with five teeth. The larger body consists of a big face carved with eyes, a nose with nostrils, a closed mouth, high cheek bones, short crouching legs, and arms that extend around backward to embrace the smaller body behind it.

Culture
Mende
Material
stone
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Helmet Mask919/1

Large, round, wooden helmet mask. Dark wood with slits carved for the eyes, a flat stubby nose and mouth, with a pair of horizontal lines carved on each cheek, and two rounded ears. It is carved with a large hair headdress with two rounded points, one at either side. There is a vertical row of upward pointing arrow lines in between vertical lines in the middle front of the hair. The sides have a vertical line of downward pointing arrow lines outlined with protruding pyramid-like shapes. The middle of the back also has a vertical row of carved out pyramid shapes. The hair has grooves carved out in between the designed vertical rows.

Culture
Mende
Material
wood
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Helmet Mask1373/13

Dark-brown, round, wooden mask. Cylindrical-shaped female head with small centralized face. Face has heavy eyebrows, slit eyes, and a small incised mouth. Nose is straight and flares out slightly at bottom. From the chin downwards, there are five rings, with the bottom ring perforated by twenty holes. Hair is shown as parted in the middle by a protruding centre braid-like feature and two small braids are found on either side of the head behind the ears. A head band between the braided hair and the forehead is decorated with incised geometric designs. At the back of the head, there are two wider bands.

Culture
Mende
Material
wood and stain
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shirt2585/1

Shirt made of coarse orange-brown fabric with a black-brown pattern stamped onto it. The pattern contains X's, five-pointed star shapes, and vertical and horizontal lines. There is a thick black-brown band around the bottom edge of the shirt, and black-brown triangles near the lower port of the neckline. A pouch below the square-cut neckline has a grid design. The sleeves are not sewn along the bottom.

Culture
Mandingo
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClothAf506

Rectangular cloth consisting of eleven narrow strips 12 cm wide and sewn selvedge to selvedge. Stripes run the length of each strip in the same pattern. Starting at one side is a light brown-white selvedge; narrow white stripe; broad light brown-white band; narrow white; broad dark brown; narrow white; broad brown; narrow white; broad dark brown; narrow white and broad light brown-white selvedge. Creased along width at each end. Unwoven fringe at both ends is 1 cm wide. Small yellow stains overall.

Culture
Mende: Sherbo
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Sierra Leone ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClothAf505

Rectangular cloth of twelve narrow strips sewn together. Each strip has a band of parallel black stripes and three parallel stitch width lines of brown above. Seams are above the brown stripes.

Culture
Mende: Sherbo
Material
dye and cotton fibre
Made in
Sierra Leone ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClothAf512

Rectangular cloth with dark indigo blue ground and light blue patterns divided into smaller rectangles by strips of thin parallel lines, repeated three wide by six long. Patterns alternate between birds with prickley greens, and other representational shapes. Two ends have a wide hem, one side has a narrow hem.

Culture
West African
Material
dye and cotton fibre
Made in
Nigeria ? or Sierra Leone ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClothAf510

Rectangular cloth with dark blue ground and a light blue pattern, divided into smaller rectangles, four wide by six long, each separated by three light blue, alternating with three dark blue lines. Designs vary, some are repeated, and include geometric and representational designs of birds, flowers, possibly trees and animals. There are wide hems on both ends, narrow hem on one side.

Culture
West African
Material
dye and cotton fibre
Made in
Nigeria ? or Sierra Leone ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClothAf509

Rectangular cloth with a background pattern of orange and white shapes, overlaid with pattern of allover short horitontal blue bands with open holes, and large repeating graphic map of Sierra Leone, banner overhead, "Sierra Leone Independence 1961", and crossed stems of leaves below. Two selvedges have a border of unprinted cloth with some light blue dye running onto it.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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