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Cloth2597/2

Rectangular printed fabric. In the centre are three horizontal bands of yellow flowers on a mulberry coloured background. The phrase 'KUZAA SI KUFANIKIWA KUZAA NI KUBARIKIWA' appears under the bottom band. Around the sides is a wide border, edged with a narrow black band. The border has rows of a white leaf motif within yellow and black diamond shapes, on a black and white spotted ground. A makers mark appears at two corners.

Culture
East African
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Kenya ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Batik Textile2542/14

Rectangular piece of black-brown textile with a painted squirrel(?) on the bottom half. The squirrel is in profile with a long tail curved upwards in black, brown, red and white. The top edge of textile is adhered to a light blue-green folded card backing.

Culture
East African
Material
fibre, paint, paper and dye
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Batik Textile2542/13

Rectangular piece of dark green textile with a painted long-legged, hook-billed bird. The bird has a dark brown head with a black and white body and brown, black and white legs. There are traces of blue near the white areas. The top edge of the textile is adhered to a white folded card backing.

Culture
East African
Material
fibre, paper, dye and paint
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Batik Textile2542/12

Rectangular piece of red and black textile with a painted brown bird swimming. The bird is brown with a white beak and wing. The water is black with white ripples and the sky is red. The top edge of the textile is adhered to a yellow folded card backing.

Culture
East African
Material
fibre, paint, paper and dye
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Batik Textile2542/11

Rectangular piece of dark blue textile with a painted bird. The bird has a brown head and legs and a black body with white spots. The background is blue with traces of black. The top edge of the textile is adhered to a white folded card backing.

Culture
East African
Material
fibre, paint, paper and dye
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Batik Textile2542/10

Rectangular piece of green textile with a painted black bird perched in a tree. The bird is black with a red eye and a white wing and tail. The tree is black, brown and white. There are traces of red on the tree and black on the green background. The top edge of the textile is adhered to a yellow folded card backing.

Culture
East African
Material
fibre, paint, paper and dye
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Comb2542/9

Wooden comb with 14 teeth, widening toward the end. Teeth are held together with three separate woven sections of grass. Bottom is rectangular and has a rectangular hole in the middle. The other two sections are bands of interwoven grass, the middle one wider than the other. Between the two bands there is a red-brown piece of leather that is wrapped around the 5th and 10th teeth and also attached to the grass weaves, with five holes at the top and two at the bottom.

Culture
East African
Material
wood, grass ? and leather skin
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShieldK4.357

Rhinoceros hide shield. Circular, brown piece with a conical point in the middle of the exterior and a wide rim. Exterior has four concentric bands of perpendicular stripes. Interior has a handle.

Culture
East African
Material
rhinocero skin
Made in
Somalia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrumAj101

A small cylindrical wood drum which tapers downward. Covered with skin that has brown and white fur. Has a handle made from the same skin.

Culture
East African
Material
wood and skin
Made in
Kenya ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureAc105

A small thin elongated dark brown wood figure wearing a white 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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