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rectangular board with protruding carved arrow at top; text from Qur'an written in ink on either side of board, surrounded by delicate border; one side has decorations of square spirals across C; the other side has geometric zigzag pattern — Qur'anic writing board, mid 20th century
Nigeria

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rectangular box-like metal pendant with incised grid lines on front; stars and linear characters incised in grid squares; dark brown cord threaded through two copper loops — Amulet, first half 20th century
Niger

G242

wooden board with leather-covered handle at top; designs in black, yellow, green and orange; one side decorated with bird with circular body, five pointed star and triangle with L-shaped element (abstracted bird motif), with text overall at diagonals in background; same types on motifs on opposite side birds with round bodies and turtle with round body and diamond with text in background with similar design to first side — Writing board, late 20th century
Hausa

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oval concave base; sides flare outward from base and flare inward toward short neck with small round mouth opening; white porcelain with light blue designs; wide sides decorated with four figures in row boats in a cartouche with two pairs of emus and kangaroos, turtle, flowers, insects and a coat of arms on neck; opposite side decorated with seascape with sailing vessel on horizon line and various animals on shore (birds, kangaroo, sheep, horse) and foliage, with a coat of arms on neck; band of leaves around bottom edge; conical cover with rounded top and tiny knob covered with silver foil — British East India Company - Trade & Colonise, 2016
Robin Best

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oval concave base; sides flare outward slightly from base then steeply inward about halfway up body of vessel, then slightly outward again along tall neck to wide oval mouth opening; white porcelain with light blue designs; decorated on one side with an Asian garden with a large rock at right, arcing bridge with two figures left of center and two buildings at bottom and butterflies and flowers at top; opposite side decorated in Asian style with three figures on a balcony overlooking water with a figure on a raft and large bird with flowers, bats and waves at top; decorative bands with flowers and patterns at top, bottom and shoulder — British East India Company - Trade & Colonise, 2016
Robin Best

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oval concave base; sides flare outward slightly from base then steeply inward about halfway up body of vessel, then slightly outward again along tall neck to wide oval mouth opening; white porcelain with light blue designs; decorated on one side with a pair of figures, pair of deer and figure with sword on horseback slaying a large cat surrounded by floral and foliage motifs at bottom and bird with large flowers at top; opposite side decorated with blooming plant at bottom and pair of figures--one seated, one standing--and pair of peacocks flaking a dancer on a stool with a horn at top; floral bands at top, bottom and shoulder — British East India Company - Trade & Colonise, 2016
Robin Best

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oval concave base; sides flare outward from base and flare inward toward short neck with small round mouth opening; white porcelain with light blue designs; wide sides decorated with sailing boat with sea creatures of various sorts--real and imagined; opposite side decorated with cartouche with Asian garden and sea scene with boat, birds and figures on bridge with flowers around outside of cartouche; band of flowers and fish around bottom edge; conical cover with rounded top and tiny knob covered with silver foil — British East India Company - Trade & Colonise, 2016
Robin Best

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oval concave base; sides flare outward from base particularly on short ends and flare inward toward small oval mouth opening with short neck; white porcelain with light blue designs; wide sides decorated with acanthus-crowned man in jewels and royal robes holding scepters, riding in a small, elegant sailboat with two birds and two fish in cartouche beneath; opposite side decorated with view of row boats at a dock with classical-style buildings and left and right and a round tower at center; partially reclining draped classical figure in cartouche at bottom, with fish and a pair of putti; band of fish around bottom edge; rounded raised cover with knob covered with silver foil — British East India Company - Trade & Colonise, 2016
Robin Best

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rosary of squat, black wooden beads with tiny delicate silver coil decorations; two beads are somewhat mushroom shaped; red, green, teal, and ochre tassel — Prayer beads, first half 20th century
Mauritania

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oval board with horizontal lines of script on each side; grid on each side with characters in boxes; mounted to black base — Qur'anic writing board, mid 20th century
Mali

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wooden board with leather-covered handle at top; one side decorated with design in red, green and black horizontal linear elements with text, diamonds, triangles and half-circles with hatched lines; opposite side decorated with circle with text and lines--abstracted animal? — Writing board, late 20th century
Hausa

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a: framed work on light tan paper; uneven grid with spaces filled with dots of color; superimposed abstracted tall vase forms in primarily tans; row of female symbols at top in blue with large female symbol in green at top left; bands of black, white and green at right; b: tan V-neck sweater with black and white stripes on PL sleeve; female symbols at shoulders and back in grey; large black female symbol on PR breast — Wake the Dead, 2019
Ellen Lesperance

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paper collage with red crosses and blood drips; mostly black and white engravings with blue ground in ULC and colored flowers and leaves around edges; imagery includes reclining reading woman at bottom center with a large brown butterfly on her head, Classical female figures at left and right (figure at left seated, figure at right standing) wearing red garments with gold stars, central Sacred Heart with bird, gold rays and stars and figure of Jesus with the money changers, large angels descending from clouds in ULC; received in a medium toned wood frame — Blood Collage, c. 1850-60
John Bingley Garland

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