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Boots3600/12 a-b

Pair of leather boots decorated with geometric applique. Boots made up of four pieces of leather: soles, vamps, and front and back halves of uppers. Soles, vamps, and back of uppers are undecorated; coloured brown-orange. Front uppers dyed dark brown; applique stitched across surface, forming rectangular panel. Design consists of column of diamonds, framed on either side by triangles; rounded triangles in each corner of rectangle. Bottom and sides trimmed with wide bands; top edge undecorated. Applique done in brown-orange, beige, and turquoise. Opening of boots are finished; pull tabs on back edges.

Culture
Fulani
Material
leather skin and dye
Made in
Nigeria ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sandals3600/11 a-b

Pair of rubber sandals with V-shaped straps; straps threaded through cuts in insoles and nailed down. Soles are flat, rounded at toes and heel; centre of insole is dark brown, edges and sole are black. Straps are red leather and have patterned bands across surfaces. Pattern alternates between rectangles with red and orange stripes and checkers, and blue rectangles with repeating gold hourglass-like shapes. Section of strap holding tip of V to insole is plain leather; plain leather tie secured to V with white and red knob.

Culture
Ghanaian
Material
leather skin, rubber, fibre, wood ?, metal and dye
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hat3600/9

Gold dome-shaped hat with black decorative band around sides. Band has a central ladder design, framed on either side by alternating patterns. Designs alternate between checked rectangles, and vertical arrows with “U” shapes and horizontal bars overtop; vertical lines on either side of arrows. Designs on band are done in gold; interior of hat is unlined.

Culture
Ghanaian
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask3600/3

Carved mask depicting a humanoid face; made from a thin piece of wood. Face has a small thin nose, in between protruding eyes; eyes are within large, raised circles. Lower half of mouth protrudes slightly; rectangular cutout for mouth directly underneath nose. Forehead is tall and triangular; scalloped lines carved in relief down length of forehead. Two lines incised across cheeks; lines and scallops are filled with red and beige pigment(?). Holes drilled into either side of mask; interior is hollowed. (Tag looped through hole next to right eye; plastic tie threaded through holes, for hanging purposes.)

Culture
Luba ? or Lega ?
Material
wood and pigment ?
Made in
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask3600/2

Carved wooden mask depicting a humanoid face, wearing an elaborate coiffure. Face has a short thin nose over small puckered mouth; eyes are partially closed and rest underneath raised semi-circular eyebrows. Small ears extend from either side of head; chin circled with protruding triangles, with cutouts in centres. Rectangle, with ridges across front, extends from bottom centre of chin. Small patches of raised cross-hatching on cheeks and next to ears; raised circles carved underneath eyes. Coiffure has a tall arch in the middle, with horn-like protrusions that wrap around base of arch before pointing downward, on either side of head; pin-like carving pierces front of coiffure. Entire coiffure is decorated with incised lines. Sides of mask have braided plant fibre threaded through them; interior is hollowed. (Plastic tie threaded across back centre of mask, for hanging purposes.)

Culture
Punu ?
Material
wood, stain ? and plant fibre
Made in
Gabon ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask3600/4

Carved wooden mask depicting red humanoid face. Short black ridge wraps around top edge of head; diagonal lines incised throughout, imitating hair. Rectangles protrude from either side of face, imitating ears; triangles carved in relief across surface, done in white and blue. Face has a long thin nose over protruding lips; eyes are partially closed and rest underneath semi-circular eyebrows. Large bird perched on top of white and blue column, protruding from top edge of mask. Bird is white with blue and yellow highlights; has an orange beak and large black crest. Sides of mask are undecorated and have holes drilled into them; mask is hollowed.

Culture
Baule ? or Guro ?
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold Weight3600/28

Tiny rectangular gold weight with geometric design. Stepped design with two raised rectangles at centre.

Culture
Akan
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold Weight3600/25

Small square gold weight with geometric design. At centre, two x's flanked by teeth-like design on sides with six rectangular notches and seven raised lines.

Culture
Akan
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold Weight3600/23

Small square gold weight with geometric design. Geometric design cutout of top layer with thin square backing. At centre, u-shape with line extending down from bottom of u, flanked by teeth-like design on sides with six rectangular notches cutout leaving seven raised lines.

Culture
Akan
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold Weight3600/21

Small rectangular gold weight with geometric design. Stepped design with three layers - the bottom being the thickest layer, and design cutout of top layer. X-shape at centre with three rectangular notches cutout on each side.

Culture
Akan
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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