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TextileK2.150

Textile composed of cotton damask with a geometric pattern of small squares and a mottled light green and dark greenish-blue tie-dyed pattern. The ends are unfinished.

Culture
Mende
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureK2.421

A Nomoli sculpture of a human figure carved with a downward pointing triangular face, high brows, large nose, round bulging eyes, and a big protruding mouth. The legs are short, and crouched with the arms, and the hands, wrapped around the knees in front.

Culture
Mende
Material
stone
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearK2.407

Spear with wooden shaft covered in bands of dyed red leather at the ends, each with a raised band at either end and a band of grass (?) woven through slits in the leather to form a diagonal pattern, and a centre section covered in off-white skin. The spear has a spade-shaped metal tip with a border of indented semi-circles along the edges of the blade, and incised lines at the base of the blade. The butt end is composed of a conical piece of metal.

Culture
Malinke
Material
wood, leather skin, iron metal, dye, fibre and grass ?
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureK2.212

A carved wood figure with high upraised bone eyes set in pitch. Ape deity. There is a nose, big pouting lips, and large rounded concave ears. The neck tapers to angled shoulders with the arms resting bent at the elbows so that the hands are curved inward at the front. The figure is sitting in a crouched position.

Culture
Mende
Material
wood and bone ?
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileK2.171

Textile composed of off-white cotton damask with a floral design dyed with indigo and brown in lighter mottled bands alternating with bands of thin stripes at the centre and solid mottled bands at the ends. The ends are machine-stitched.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre, dye and indigo dye
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureK2.216

Kambei figure. Standing female, nude, with elaborate coiffure. Closed oval eyes, nose, small mouth, ears, and four vertically grooved scarification marks on each cheek. More scarification marks on the upper chest, upper arms, and stomach. Figure is carved with a large neck ring. Her arms are resting at her sides with the elbows bent so that the hands are joined under her belly. The legs attach to a circular base.

Culture
Mende
Material
wood
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Helmet MaskK2.234

Helmet mask with a domed shape that has a small face, elaborate ridged coiffure surmounted by a bird, and a sisal fringe around base. Highly polished.

Culture
Mende
Material
wood, stain and sisal fibre
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileK2.172

Textile composed of white cotton damask with a pattern of repeated dots separated by solid bands. The cotton is dyes with concentric diamond patterns composed of light blue circles and divided by white circles, all on a dark indigo ground. The ends are unfinished.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre and indigo dye
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileK2.170

Textile tie-dyed with dark blue die at the edges and a mottled white and blue section at the centre. The ends are finished with machine stitching.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileK2.169

Textile of red cotton tie-dyed with alternating bands of mottled black and red, and bands of roughly parallel black lines with a band of black at each end. The ends are unfinished.

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