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StrawK4.109

Long tubular drinking straw made of faded yellow and red-brown coiled vegetable fibre. One end has a woven strainer and the other has a mouth piece that curves to one side. Paper sticker on the side of the tube near the strainer.

Culture
Ganda
Material
wood, grass, plant fibre, paper and ink
Made in
Uganda
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drum1157/8

Drum made of wood covered in animal skin with short, mottled off-white and brown hair. Overall drum shape is cylindrical at top half, and tapering towards base on bottom half. One piece of skin stretched over bottom and up sides with a scalloped edge is joined to a circular piece of skin stretched over the top of the drum by wound strips of skin that have been pulled through holes at the edges of both pieces of skin. (Pink synthetic ribbon attached to one of two handles at top edge.)

Culture
Ganda ?
Material
wood, animal skin and fibre
Made in
Uganda
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BellK4.112

Cylindrical shaped bell that is cut-out on each side. A long tubular ringer is attached to a ring. The ring is attached to an arched piece that connects the two cut-out sides of the bell.

Culture
Ganda
Material
iron metal
Made in
Uganda
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketK4.111

A bottle-shaped basket, with an attached circular lid, in lattice-wrap weave. Design consists of horizontal bands of several shades of brown. Flat circular bottom with the lower portion of the body being the roundest and from which tapers upward to a slight neck.

Culture
Ganda
Material
grass
Made in
Uganda
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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GameK4.89

Game board (weso) consisting of a rectangular tray (eznyeso) of thirty-two squares half an inch deep (amasa). Tray rims are incised with a grid pattern. Peg at one end of the tray. There are sixty-two seeds used as counters (empiki) in an orange cloth bag which has a brown cloth drawstring. On the back of the tray, there is an explanatory paper about the game of Mweso which is played in Africa by the Bantu.

Culture
Ganda
Material
wood and seed
Made in
Uganda
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bark ClothK4.174

Large piece of pounded bark cloth; almost square.

Culture
Ganda
Material
bark
Made in
Uganda
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bark Cloth3643/11

Red-brown, rectangular bark cloth with black designs painted across front. Design consists of large concentric diamond inside a central rectangle, with a wide band border; plain "V" shapes extend from left and right points of diamond, touching left and right edges of rectangle. Diamond and "V"'s have created three triangular sections on either side of diamond; all are filled with different patterns. Designs consist of rows of triangles and horseshoe-shapes; back of bark cloth is undecorated.

Culture
Ganda
Material
bark and paint
Made in
Uganda
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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