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Africa

Africa

The Ulster Museum has over 800 African objects in its collection dating from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. These include ornaments, weapons, utensils, textiles and ritual objects used in everyday life. The art of weaving was established very early on the African continent and a wide range of basketwork was made from leaves, bark and reeds.

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BRACELET; Braclet

BRACELET; Braclet

Heavy metal with incised ornament, split to fit the arm, worn by yoruba women on their wedding day Yoruba women wore heavy, decorated brass armlets o...

MASK

MASK

Painted white, dark coloured ornamentation on forehead and cheeks...

Weights

Weights

Brass weights for weighing gold dust, all different shapes representing mammals, birds, fish, weapons, geometrical designs. Used by native goldsmiths...

Figure

Figure

Representing Omokehinde one of the JuJu gods, standing on circular base, head carved to show hair dressing, bead necklace. When twins are born in Nige...

Mask : Ekpo

Mask : Ekpo

Ekpo Society mask. Large mask with woven fibre portion to fit over the back of the head to keep it in position, with asymmetric nose and mouth. It has...

Hat

Hat

Conical, very coarse coil, outside completely decorated, peak and brim with dark brown tufted fibre, in between two bands of vertically laid straw, br...

Dish

Dish

Cut from solid four short legs, loop handle one end, under surface burned each end, broken one end and repaired, meeting at point in centre....

Basket and Lid

Basket and Lid

Raffia work in yellow, purple, green ,red and natural, lid conical terminating in suspension loop....

Ornament : Leg

Ornament : Leg

Round pieces of shell, string on fibre and plaited in 8 strands, complete circle...

MASK

MASK

Carved from single piece of light coloured wood, thinly painted white, black ornamentation on cheeks, eyes and lips, carved fringe round forehead...

Figure

Figure

Clothing carved to represent long robes, exaggeration of length of head and narrowness of face. Hands clasped in front of body holding what appears to...

Bowl

Bowl

Conventional border design punched with blunt instrument, made by natives from ammunition shell cases....

CAN; Tea Can; Urn

CAN; Tea Can; Urn

Lidded metal container decorated cover in white, red, blue and black beads. 'Beads have been used both as currency and as jewellery since earliest tim...

Sword

Sword

Sword, throwing Knife Sudan....

Pipe head

Pipe head

Pipe head, four rows of knobs, ten in each row, belonged to King Dingaan of the Zulu....

Figure

Figure

Representing IBO one of the JuJu gods, standing on circular base, head carved to show conical form of head dress, bead ornaments worn on neck, arm and...

Mask : Ekpo

Mask : Ekpo

Ekpo Society mask. This wooden mask shows a head ring (Idiong) of the higher ranks of the Ekpo society....

Figure

Figure

Representing Taiwo one of the JuJu gods, standing on circular base, head carved and face wood and bead, bracelets worn. When twins are born in Nigeria...

Hat

Hat

Hat for married Zulu woman Just as a wedding ring indicates married status in European countries, Zulu women of South Africa wear this style of hat a...

Gourd Receptable

Gourd Receptable

Black and white incised decoration, scrolls, crosses, cut out and closely fitting, 13 pointed lid, one point wanting...

STOOL

STOOL

Carved round wooden stool with round base and seat supported by carved wooden figures with arms raised and hands touching, carved heads in between, C4...

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