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Kente Textile3473/5

Kente cloth composed of eighteen hand woven cloth strips. The strips have been stitched together along the long edge and have embroidered designs overtop. Each strip has a repeating stripe pattern; done in dark blue, white, light blue, maroon, yellow, green, and red. The embroidered designs are in the centre of the cloth and consist of rectangular blocks, plain stripes and ladder-like stripes; done in yellow, dark green, blue, orange, blue-grey, green-grey and white. Tag attached to bottom right corner.

Culture
Ewe
Material
cotton fibre, dye and silk fibre
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Kente Textile3473/6

Kente cloth composed of twenty-two hand woven cloth strips, forming ten rows. Four strips span the entire length of the textile, six rows consist of three shorter strips. All have embroidered designs overtop. Each strip has a repeating stripe pattern; done in orange, light blue, white, light purple, dark blue, and red. The six shorter strips along the right side are attached to the cloth upside down, causing the pattern to break in the bottom corner. The embroidered designs cover the entire cloth, except the left edge. The designs consist of rectangular blocks, plain stripes and ladder-like stripes; done in shades of yellow, green, red, white, orange, blue, and purple.

Culture
Ewe
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre and dye
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Kente Textile3473/4

Kente cloth composed of twenty-three hand woven cloth strips. The strips have been stitched together along the long edge and have embroidered designs overtop. Each strip has a multi-coloured checkered pattern; done in black, yellow, red, green and blue. The embroidered designs in the centre of the cloth consist of rectangular blocks, plain stripes, ladder-like stripes and geometric motifs; done in dark yellow, black, dark red, blue, green, and light orange. Left and right edges are covered entirely in embroidery, consisting of a rectangular block design. Blocks are filled with horizontal and vertical stripes, checkers, and parallelogram-like shapes; done in dark orange, dark red, dark yellow, green, yellow, dark blue and light pink. Tag attached to back bottom right corner.

Culture
Ghanaian
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3473/3

Large ndop cloth composed of twenty panels sewn together with plant fibre. The indigo-dyed panels have been stitched together along the short edge and have off-white designs throughout. Designs are done in vertical bands and filled with geometric and linear motifs. Motifs include: abstract interlocking “X” shapes, dots, zigzags, concentric diamonds, segmented circles, grid-like patterns, and connected lines.

Culture
Bamileke
Material
cotton fibre, indigo dye and plant fibre
Made in
Cameroon
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Beer Pot3434/1 a-b

Round, burnished, black pot with a side by side double diamond design carved around the sides three times. Each diamond is composed of rows of smaller raised diamonds. The form is globular, with a flat circular base, and wide circular mouth. A round, woven basketry piece (part b) fits over the opening as a cover. The cover is woven in a coiled design.

Culture
Zulu
Material
clay and plant fibre
Made in
Natal, South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rod Puppet3420/81 a-c

Large antelope puppet head (part a) with detached horn (part b), and a separate manipulation stick (part c). The face of the animal is painted in a plaid pattern of red, white, green and yellow squares with concentric V's on the forehead - red, black, white, green and yellow, and a white heart-shaped nose. The horns are both broken, with one detached. In between the horns is a small human figure with bright pink skin, wearing a beige tunic. The figure's arms are jointed at the shoulders, and are controlled by blue string. The manipulation stick is inserted into a rectangular hole at the back of the head.

Culture
Bozo and Bamana
Material
metal, rubber, wood, fibre and paint
Made in
Segou, Mali
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Headrest3420/76

Headrest, or stool, carved from a single piece of wood. The headrest is solid, with both top and sides concave, and resting on an oval base. The sides are incised with designs in an overall concentric V pattern with each composed of zigzag lines.

Culture
Gurage
Material
wood
Made in
Ethiopia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Headrest3420/71

Headrest carved from a single piece of wood. The upper surface is flat and smooth, and curves upwards on either side. The rest sits on a pedestal at centre with a rectangular support, and then two layered cones.

Culture
Dinka
Material
wood
Made in
“South Sudan” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask3420/54

Mask with trunk-like projection extending forwards from top of the head. Mask built on a wood frame, lined with woven plant fibre. Heavily decorated with cowries and areas of beadwork on forehead and around side. Face has cowrie shell eyes outlined with beads, and a wooden nose and mouth. Bottom edged with plant fibre, which has been split into finer pieces below the face.

Culture
Kuba
Material
wood, cowrie shell, glass, plant fibre and earth
Made in
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wand3420/49

Wand with heavily beaded handle. Three sections of bands of colours - dark brown, yellow, orange and light blue, with three sections of triangles in white, dark green, yellow and orange. There is a section where the shaft splits into four smaller pieces that are wrapped in light blue and black beads. Above the beading, the handle is wrapped in red fabric with two small loops of plant fibre cord attached. Extending from the other end is long, straight dark red-brown horse(?) hair over wood, that folds over on itself where the wood ends.

Culture
Bamileke
Material
wood, glass, horse hair ?, fibre, metal and plant fibre
Made in
Cameroon
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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