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TrayK4.95

Round coiled basketry tray with sides that flare upward at a low angle, creating a shallow bowl effect. Undecorated; natural colour.

Culture
East African
Material
grass
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketK4.94

A woven circular basket with sides that flare upward at a low angle, creating a deep bowl effect. Design consists of simple horizontal bands of dark brown, orange, and dark brown near the base with a dark brown circle at the centre of the base.

Culture
East African
Material
root
Made in
Uganda
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanK4.91

Plain woven fan that has a triangular shape. Stems placed together. Leaves split and woven together. Has a wood stick handle.

Culture
East African
Material
dun palm leaf
Made in
East Africa, Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagK4.90

Rectangular woven bag that is slightly wider at the bottom than the top. Woven in an interlocking chevron pattern with a leather handle. The bag is stiffened with two sticks at either side.

Culture
East African
Material
palm leaf and leather skin
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerK4.83

Tall thin bottle-shaped container tapering to a flared rim at the top. Dark wood base with ivory coloured bone at the neck and at the bottom knob. Woven top is secured with a brass chain.

Culture
East African
Material
brass metal, wood, bone and fibre
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Powder HornK4.82 a-b

Long thin horn container (part a) with hide stopper (part b) on both ends that attaches to a long chain and hollow knob.

Culture
East African
Material
animal horn, skin and iron metal
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Stringed Musical InstrumentK4.265

Lyre-like instrument. Wood bowl sound chamber covered with snake or lizard skin. Triangular wood frame of two sticks flaring outward from the sound chamber with another stick across to connect them and across which, there are three strings are wound around along with goat hair and strings of multi-coloured beads. (Something loose is inside the sound chamber.)

Culture
East African
Material
goat skin, goat hair, metal ?, glass, snake skin and wood
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LyreK4.264

Carved rounded oval wooden sound chamber covered with snakeskin and secured by twisted goatskin strings. Triangular wood frame of two sticks flaring outward from the sound chamber with another stick across to connect them and across which, there are four strings are wound around.

Culture
East African
Material
lizard skin ?, wood, goat skin and snake skin ?
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileK4.173

Rectangular shaped textile made of two long pieces of unbleached cotton hand sewn together in the middle with dark pink thread. The ends have a narrow band consisting of narrow stripes of dark red, yellow, navy and green followed by a twisted thread fringe. The bottom is decorated with a thick brown band with thinner yellow, brown, beige and dark green stripes.

Culture
East African
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileK4.172

Pale blue rectangular cloth with designs in red and black-brown. Central square with complex curvilinear shapes and motifs; border with repeating curvilinear shapes.

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