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MaskAc254

Mask carved from a relatively flat piece of wood with low relief features including an arched brow, slits for eyes, a slightly flaring nose and a small rectangular mouth. The face is coated in off-white clay around the eyes, nose and mouth. From the chin, extending up to the temples, the edges of the mask are painted black. There is a hole bored through the mask on either side of the face at the eyebrows.

Culture
Lega
Material
wood, clay, fibre and stain
Made in
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureAf516

A carved wood female figure with a flat chin holding a bowl on her head. Hair is carved with an elaborate braid coiled around her head, on top of which, there is a bowl carved with a snake around it. The eyes bulge outward; wide nose and lips. There are three vertical scarification marks on each cheek. Her arms are bent perpendicularly at the elbows so that her hands are on her angled breasts. She is in a kneeling position.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
wood and stain
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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StaffAg76

Staff composed of a length of branch with a carved stylized humanoid figure set at an angle to the handle shaft. The overall shape is an upside-down y, and the staff is carved from a forked branch.

Culture
Lobi
Material
wood and stain ?
Made in
Burkina Faso ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureAe116

A wood female figure carved with a baby suckling at her left breast. She has rounded oval eyes, a nose, a wide open heart-shaped mouth, and ears. Her hair is stylized with ridges curving around the top of her head. Carved with a beaded choker around her neck. She is standing on her rounded legs, slightly bent at the knees.

Culture
Bamileke
Material
wood and stain
Made in
Cameroon
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Stirring Tool1485/11

Carved wood tool in a paddle-like shape with a long, flat rectangular shaft, an elongated oval shaped bowl and a wide rectangular-like shape handle with a tear shaped cutout centre. The shaft is heavily incised with stylized repeating geometric pattern. The handle has snake-like detailing with four heads at the four corners. The top edge is jagged.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
wood and stain
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FluteIe489

Flute consisting of a large piece of bamboo, bound with two sets of fibre ties and two cassowary feather rings at the top, middle and bottom. The stop of the flute is a carved kneeling man facing outwards with a large, crooked beak bird standing behind him with its chest pushed out and its wings behind its back standing on a jagged board. The bird and human figure has inlaid cowrie shell eyes and are detailed with white and brown pigment. The figures, the bamboo and the fibre ties on the bamboo are covered in a black stain.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
cassowary feather, bamboo grass, wood, stain, pigment and cowrie shell
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrumIe488

Carved wood drum with an hourglass-like shape. There is a rounded, rectangular shaped handle on the side; opposite is a carved, cutout design of two bird figures. The central surface is detailed with an incised geometric design with white pigment in the cuts. Reptile skin is resting on the top of the drum; binding is missing.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
reptile skin, wood, lime mineral and stain
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PaddleNb11.379

Long black wooden paddle with a tapering, pointed tip. Narrows between the blade and handle. Rounded rectangular handle at top.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
yew wood and stain ?
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureIe472

Figure depicting a standing female decorated with red seeds on the eyes and stomach, a fibre fringe threaded through the nostrils, and stained dark brown overall. The figure has a painted face in white and yellow as well as stomach and chest markings in white. She wears a sennit fibre skirt with tufts of sennit fibre at the top of the head. Decorated with feathers at the neck and front right leg.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, seed, feather, sennit fibre, paint and stain
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FluteIe486

Tall conical shape, hallow wooden flute. The body tapers at the top where a head is carved in relief. The head has a slightly pointed top, inlaid cowrie shell eyes, long protruding nose with open nostrils, a wide open mouth and large ears. The face is painted brown with white decorative outlines. The body or flute is incised with repeating bands of curvilinear design. It has a large hole in the centre front with a jagged ridge extending from the hole down to the base. Along the ridges are several brown sennit fibre tufts.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
sennit fibre, wood, cowrie shell, pigment and stain
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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