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HeaddressK2.233

Black, stylized wooden antelope headdress. Highly sophisticated design; strong pierced design in neck of antelope. Elongated head and horns, all covered with incised line patterns; dwarfed legs.

Culture
Bamana
Material
wood and stain ?
Made in
Mali
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskK2.229

Mask with circular cut out eyes outlined by tin. Has a nose and an open mouth. Feathers secured to the top with resin in between two upright horns. Long brown fur on the chin. Cloth straps at the back.

Culture
Kpelle ?
Material
wood, tin metal, feather, skin and resin
Made in
Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureK2.227

Woman with a large belly and an elongated head hanging down from being stooped over. Face is marked with tribal scars of diagonal grooves. Four sets of grooves radiate from the navel. Back is hunched over with the arms resting at either side. The knees are bent and the feet are long.

Culture
Senufo ? or Mossi ?
Material
wood
Made in
Burkina Faso
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureK2.223

Wood figure of a male sitting on a stool. His heavily lidded rounded eyes are slightly open. Has a nose, a mouth, and ears. Incised line patterns form coiffure. From his broad shoulders, the arms extend downward, bending at the elbow so that the hands are resting over the knees. Stained black.

Culture
Baule
Material
wood
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressK2.221

Dark, black-brown wooden carving; stylized antelope figure with an elongated head, extended horns and highly developed neck design.

Culture
Bamana
Material
wood and stain ?
Made in
Mali
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressK2.181

A long thin brown fabric piece that has a main design consisting of red flannel with white cowrie shell rosettes and white goat fur trim with leopard skin trim. The ties are made of cotton.

Culture
Ngere
Material
goat skin, cowrie shell, cotton fibre and leopard skin
Made in
Guinea
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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TextileK2.168

Textile made from white cotton dyed with a repeated oval pattern in rows in white and light blue on a dark indigo background. There is a band of mottled indigo at each unfinished end.

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