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Hair Tie2878/66 a-b

Pair of hair ties. At one end of each tie, the threads are woven together. At the base of the weave there are white beads alternating with pink and yellow fibre that is wrapped around the base threads. There are three sections of white beads and two sections of wrapped thread. Below the pattern of beads and wrapped thread there is a purple tassel and at the end of each tassel there is either a round metal disc or a white bead. Two wrapped sections emerge from the tassel; these sections again alternate between white beads and wrapped thread. At the end of each of the two wrapped sections there is a tassel, similar to that found in the centre of the tie. At the end of each of the threads of the tassels there is either a round, metal disc or a white bead.

Culture
Kyrgyz ? or Kazakh ?
Material
cotton fibre, glass ? and metal
Made in
Badakhshan, Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Earrings2878/23 a-b

Pair of cast silver earrings, each consisting of a curved ear hook soldered to a rectangular cast silver 'tablet' which is in turn hinged to a larger oval cast silver 'tablet'. This oval section, which forms the main body of the earring, has a silver cast 'feathered snake' design affixed over a red glass centre piece and a 'double scroll thunder pattern' etched around the perimeter. The upper rectangular section has a design of interlocking triangular shapes symbolizing the four directions. Three tapered, cylindrical -shaped ornaments hang by soldered eyelets and shot sections of linked silver chain from the bottom of the oval tablet, each of which has a design of three diamond shapes touching point to point.

Culture
Kazakh
Material
silver metal and glass
Made in
Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bottle2823/2

Bottle (torsyk) for horse milk or water made of cow's bladder and sewn with silk; embossed design.

Culture
Kazakh
Material
cow skin ?, wood, plastic, silk fibre and paint
Made in
Kazakhstan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Stringed Musical Instrument2823/1 a-d

Decorative version of a kobyz stringed instrument, with two fibre strings, and two decorative removable wooden pegs (parts c-d). Part b is a wooden base with screws for displaying the instrument.

Culture
Kazakh
Material
pine wood, cow leather skin, horn, bone, metal and turquoise mineral
Made in
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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