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BoxK4.22

Long shallow oval wooden box with a lid on a hinge of braided fibre or elephant hair. Small handle in the centre (arch type). Basket weave type carved design. Lipped lid.

Culture
Kuba
Material
wood and fibre
Made in
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SwordK4.17

Black metal sword with a blunt, flaring blade and a round, disk-like pommel. Arabesque knot designs on the blade and simple geometric designs on the handle.

Culture
Kuba
Material
wood, steel metal and lacquer ?
Made in
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PipeK4.9

A long curved stem and hourglass bowl. Lozenge designs carved on both the stem and the bowl. Bone mouth piece.

Culture
Kuba
Material
wood and bone
Made in
Democratic Republic of the Congo ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CupK4.1

A dark brown wood cup with a handle. All carved with a design consisting of a main large simple arabesque geometric pattern in multi-lined bands of interwoven zig zags along the upper portion and triangles along the smaller lower portion.

Culture
Kuba
Material
wood
Made in
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CombK4.38

Rectangular comb with short teeth. Long handle has a herringbone patterned border on its edges. Overall, comb is brown in colour. A twisted metal loop is attached through a hole at the top in the middle of the comb's handle.

Culture
Kuba
Material
wood and metal
Made in
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BottleK4.36

Long bottle with tapered opening. Incised line patterns on outer surface. Small circular ridge on underside of bottle. Small handle protrudes from side.

Culture
Kuba
Material
wood
Made in
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cloth3686/1

Long, rectangular, Shoowa cloth; made of two panels of woven raffia with uneven edges. Consists of a plain beige weave, with cut-pile and embroidered geometric designs. Different patterns on left and right panels; designs done in beige, brown, and black. Left panel decorated with rows of diamonds, with smaller diamonds inside each. Right panel has columns of alternating chevrons and diamonds; chevrons alternate between pointing up and down. Small diamonds inside each chevron. Additional diamonds woven throughout patterns, in brown and black. Back is undecorated. Outer edges of cloth are folded over onto front, forming a border.

Culture
Kuba
Material
palm leaf fibre and dye
Made in
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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