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ArrowAa40 a-b

Metal double-barbed point (part a) with rough metal shaft (part b), fitted and sinew-wrapped in socket of shaped wooden section. This is inserted into a reed section, sinew-wrapped and glued with pitch. Intermittent wrappings of sinew continue down length of shaft. The end of the reed is notched.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
metal, wood, reed grass, sinew, adhesive and poison resin
Made in
Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowAa39 a-b

Metal double-barbed point (part a) with a bark-covered fore-shaft, fitted into a sinew-wrapped reed (part b). The arrow is a series of reed and wood fitted together and glued with black pitch. The reed sections have further pitch-blackened sinew wrapping at the centre, end, and near the bark fore-shaft.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
reed grass, wood, metal, bark, sinew and adhesive
Made in
Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceAa15

Single stranded necklace with alternating sections of small then larger beads. A cylinder of wood is wrapped with the single strand of beads and hangs from the centre of the necklace as a pendant. Colour combinations used in the strand are: yellow and red, yellow and green, and red and green. A white tear drop shaped bead hangs from the strand near the centre.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
glass, wood, sinew and metal
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeadbandAa23

Four strands of red beads, with several multicoloured beads dispersed throughout, are attached to a triangular shaped multi-coloured beaded pendant that has multicoloured beaded fringe hanging from the bottom. Overall colours of beads on pendant are yellow, black, white, red, green, and blue. Four strands are secured at the top with a button and loop closure.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
glass, sinew and plastic
Made in
Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dart Quiver1082/2 a-e

The quiver (part a) is a red-brown skin case with a light brown skin handle stitched with fibre and beaded at the top rim with white beads. The bow (part b) is a light brown curved wood stick with fibre string linking the two ends. The darts (parts c-e) are made of light brown wood sticks which have long pointed tips and sinew(?) wrapped around at their ends.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
skin, wood, fibre and sinew ?
Made in
Botswana ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fire-Making Drill1578/1 a-c

Part a is a long and narrow wooden piece with natural bark that is wraped with strips of bark at one end. Part b is a medium-sized and thicker wooden piece with three stagged holes on the outer edge of the piece. Part c is a small wooden piece that has thick bark on it.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
wood and bark
Made in
Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DishAa124

A small turtle shell. Rounded oval shape that has a slight point at one end and two parting tail-flute-like features, creating a part in between them. Thirteen geometric shape blocks overall.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
turtle shell
Made in
Botswana ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blow Dart1437/4

A dart with a long arrow point.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
bone and poison resin ?
Made in
Zimbabwe ? or Botswana ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blow Dart1437/3

A dart with a long stem, a short arrow point, and a wood base.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
bone, poison resin and wood
Made in
Zimbabwe ? or Botswana ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blow Dart1437/2

A dart with a wood base and a stem that does not have an arrow point.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
bone, poison resin and wood
Made in
Zimbabwe ? or Botswana ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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