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DaggerK3.4 a-b

Dagger, or knife and sheath (part b). Iron blade with a dark wooden handle. The sheath is composed of hippopotamus and crocodile skin and has a stamped geometric design as well as braided trim, and a loop handle attached at the top.

Culture
East African
Material
wood, crocodile skin, hippopotamus skin, iron metal and metal
Made in
Somalia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureK2.425

Form of a woman holding up a bowl above her head. Has rounded bulging eyes that have a hole grooved in the centre, a flat nose, and a mouth. A cylindrical extension goes between the top middle of her breasts to underneath her chin. Has an extended round stomach. Knees are bent. Her hands extend upward as they hold a bowl above her head.

Culture
Dogon
Material
wood
Made in
Mali
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskK2.423

Human face mask with a crescent superstructure. Oval cut out eyes are narrow. Eyebrows are connected to the long, thin, deep nose. Open mouth has long upper teeth. Wide ears with smaller, upper ear-like features above. Scarification marks on the cheeks, the forehead, and the sides of the face. Four triangular protrusions run along the middle of the forehead. Crescent superstructure is supported by a prong at either side with four inner prongs.

Culture
Senufo
Material
wood
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskK2.420

Large face mask with pointed, animal ears, a long rectangular nose, and a pointed chin. The base is painted white with red-brown eyes, ears and lines on face; also covered with red-brown spots.

Culture
Igbo ?
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskK2.419

Mask depicting a stylized serene woman's face with a ridged brow, slits for eyes, a nose with a squared end, and protruding lips with metal teeth.

Culture
Dan
Material
wood, metal and paint ?
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskK2.417

Wood mask with a brass sheet metal covering that has a pattern of repousse dots partly covering the mask. Incised lines on the wood forehead in a wide, horizontal zig zag band. Has horizontal, rectangular cut out eyes and a small mouth. Dangling from the forehead, there are three equally spaced long metal decorations, each with a red tassel. Flat, horizontal, rectangular protrusion on top of the head that has an incised upward pointing triangle in the middle.

Culture
Marka
Material
wood, brass metal and fibre
Made in
Segou, Mali
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NetK2.412

Roughly circular open weave net. Net is lashed to a bent wood frame.

Culture
West African
Material
fibre and wood
Made in
Liberia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrumK2.410

Drum with wood hourglass form. Skin stretched over top and bottom. Strings for tension.

Culture
West African
Material
wood, skin and fibre
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Musical InstrumentK2.409 a-d

A large object (part a) with a long wood band across two-thirds of the way down a wood arched frame. Above the long wood band, there are fourteen flat rectangular wood pieces lying perpendicular to the long wood band but parallel in association with each other and tied together with skin and string. Below the long wood band, there are ten gourds decreasing in size all in a row. (Gourds and plaques tied and resinated together.) There are two sticks (parts b-c). The largest gourd (part d) is loose.

Culture
West African
Material
wood, fibre, gourd fruit and resin
Made in
West Africa, Africa
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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