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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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NecklaceK2.372

Necklace composed of cylindrical beads of off-white hollow reed and dried black corn.

Culture
Baule
Material
corn seed, reed grass and fibre
Made in
Bouake, 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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Printing BlockK2.365

A wood print block with a stick handle. Design consists of criss cross of diagonal lines across from each corner in between which small squares have been cut out to create a diamond shape at the centre.

Culture
West African
Material
wood
Made in
Bouake, Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Printing BlockK2.364

A wood print block with a stick handle. Design consists of four eight-petaled flowers, one at each corner of the square, with the petals in the shape of pie pieces.

Culture
West African
Material
wood
Made in
Bouake, Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Printing BlockK2.363

A wood print block with a stick handle. Design consists of a lanceolate leaf that has four pairs of veins and three veins at the top of the midrib. There is a stipulate at the bottom.

Culture
West African
Material
wood
Made in
Bouake, Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PestleK2.360

A pestle shaped like an hourglass and carved from a single piece of wood. Each end is rounded. Centre has small carved ring.

Culture
Asante
Material
wood
Made in
Kumasi, Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CombK2.359

Handle edge curves outwards, tapers, then widens and follows the shape of the comb all the way down the sides near the teeth. There are eight teeth to the comb. A contrasting light wood triangular shape is inset into handle.

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