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ToyK2.384

A wood rooster decorated with tiny purple dots. He has a comb and a wattle on each side. Standing on a circular base.

Culture
Baule
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Boli, Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ToyK2.382

A tall wood rooster decorated with orange and blue dots, circles, and lines. He has an orange comb and an orange wattle on each side. Standing on a circular base.

Culture
Baule
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Boli, Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ToyK2.381

Wood noise maker consisting of four separate pieces fitted together including a handle with which to twirl around the oblong wood piece between which a small stick makes a noise when the grooved cylinder rotates. Top design of oblong wood piece has a geometric pattern of orange and yellow triangles outlined with black.

Culture
Baule
Material
wood
Made in
Boli, Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ToyK2.380

Small wood bird painted with its blue wings outlined with orange tucked in close to its body. Black head with orange eyes outlined with blue, orange chest, white beak, and white body with black accentuating the detailing of the tail. Nailed to base.

Culture
Baule
Material
wood, paint and metal
Made in
Boli, Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ToyK2.379

A wood lizard with two pairs of feet attached by metal. Decorated with darkened pokerwork circles, lattices, and chevrons.

Culture
Bamana
Material
wood and metal
Made in
Mali
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ToyK2.378

A relatively flat wood snake. Sides of body are jagged edged, creating diamond-shaped patterning effect. Tail angles to its right. Decorated with darkened pokerwork lattices and circles.

Culture
Bamana
Material
wood
Made in
Mali
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ToyK2.377 a-c

A wood bird (macao) (part a) with its wings (parts b-c) outstretched at an upward angle. Back and top inward half of wings are decorated with green circles surrounded by smaller mostly orange but some blue dots. Top outer half of wings painted black with a diagonal angle across. Wings edged with green. Black head has black eyes outlined with orange. Black, green, and orange dotted streaks on the chest. Wings made separately, nailed onto base.

Culture
Baule
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Boli, Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ToyK2.375

A wood snake with scales made from a blue pen and painted with blue, black, and red lines, circles, and dots. Body is rounded and curvy. On a base.

Culture
Baule
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Boli, Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingK2.370

Two figures representing a man, and a woman playing oware game which is in between them. The figures are sitting on a cylindrical object tapering upward. The knees are bent so that the legs are angled frontward and outward. Their hands are extended outward toward the game. Clothes are of a lighter wood colour than the body. Carved in pieces which are then glued together. On a wood base.

Culture
Yoruba ?
Material
wood, adhesive and thorn
Made in
Kumasi, Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Printing BlockK2.366

A wood print block with a stick handle. Design consists of an alternating pattern of three and four small two-halved sectioned leaves, adding up to twenty-one leaves in total. Carved with chisel and saw.

Culture
West African
Material
wood
Made in
Bouake, Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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