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Gaff HookK4.222

Gaff hook made of iron bent at two near right angles with a pointed tip and attached to a wooden shaft by means of fibre rope that wraps around the shaft of the hook and emerges out the side of the wooden shaft through a hole as two twined strands joined with a woven ball at the ends. The wooden shaft is cylindrical tapering towards the butt end where it flares outwards slightly. The wooden shaft is decorated with a burnt poker-work linear and dot design at the neck. Two lengths of wire are secured around the wooden shaft above and below the design.

Culture
East African
Material
wood, iron metal and fibre
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowK4.243

Bow composed of a cylindrical segment of wood that tapers slightly towards the rounded ends where a length of twisted skin thong is tied at a notch in the wood.

Culture
East African
Material
skin and wood
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentK4.124

Ornament carved from one piece of ivory with a circular shape.

Culture
East African
Material
ivory
Made in
East Africa, Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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QuiverK4.246 a-s

Woven rectangular quiver (part a) with eighteen arrows (parts b-s). Quiver: light and dark cane woven together. Arrows: rattan (?) shafts with incised designs and long metal points attached at the head (parts b-f); rattan (?) shafts with incised designs, leather fletchings and variously shaped metal arrowheads (parts g-s); five shaft-headed arrows for birds, others for larger animals.

Culture
East African
Material
iron metal, leather skin, stem ? and rattan ?
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TuskK4.67

White-grey curved tusk with a sharp and jagged wider end. Rectangular-like opening.

Culture
East African
Material
tusk
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thumb PianoK4.52

Instrument with seven metal prongs attached at an angle on a concavely curved wooden closed sound box; carved with "Nindakule". A slightly curving row of four holes near the middle and three more holes in a triangular formation at the end opposite the metal tongues (keys). A row of three holes at the end near the triangular formation with three curved points at the other end near the metal prongs. On the wood, there is a metal loop at either sides of the metal prongs.

Culture
East African
Material
iron metal and wood
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Stringed Musical InstrumentAj100

A harp-like musical instrument that has a rectangular body covered with brown and white fur skin with an oval slit opening near one corner and a rounded bottom. Five strings are strung from the body to a tuning peg on the curved neck-handle.

Culture
East African
Material
wood, skin and fibre
Made in
Kenya ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TrayK4.96

A shallow circular herring-bone-like weave basketry tray that has a wooden rim covered with a light on dark checkered pattern and a rounded bottom.

Culture
East African
Material
palm leaf and wood
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureAc104

A thin elongated dark brown wood figure wearing a white and black fluffy feather headdress, a fibre light yellow grass-like skirt, and a multi-layered metal ring necklace with coiled metal earrings. Standing with legs close together and an oval base.

Culture
East African
Material
wood, fibre, metal and feather
Made in
East Africa, Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShieldK4.358

An elongated diamond-shaped wooden shield with pointed ends and two sides flaring downward, and outward with a perpendicular conical protrusion on the convex side, and a grip-like handle feature on the concave side. The convex side is decorated with brown and black sections outlined with fibre sewing.

Culture
East African
Material
wood
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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