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Ear OrnamentK4.231

Ear ornament made of metal wire coiled over a wire shape: curved at the top with two straight arms that angle outwards and each has a copper knob at the end.

Culture
Maasai
Material
iron metal and copper metal
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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QuiverK4.224 a-m

Dark brown leather quiver with a fitted cap (parts a and b) and eleven arrows (parts c-m). Case molded of wet leather. Arrows consist of iron arrowheads of various shapes and sizes bound to bamboo shafts with feather fletchings at the end.

Culture
Maasai
Material
leather skin, feather, iron metal and reed grass
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowK4.223

A long brown thin cylindrical object.

Culture
Maasai
Material
reed grass
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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QuiverK4.212 a-r

Long dark brown coloured tubular lidded quiver (parts a-b). Both wooden and bamboo arrows (parts c-q) are feathered, and secured with skin and fibre. Quiver (part b) has been lightly tooled with curved line patterns. Arrowhead (part r) goes with arrow (part p).

Culture
Maasai ?
Material
wood, feather, bamboo grass, iron metal and leather skin
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubK4.211

Club carved from one piece of wood with a cylindrical handle that widens into a bulbous tip. The butt end is slightly pointed.

Culture
Maasai
Material
wood
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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EarspoolK4.114

Ear ornament carved from one piece of wood. The ornament is circular and v-shaped in cross-section.

Culture
Maasai ?
Material
wood
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SwordK4.5 a-b

Long leather case (part a) of wood covered with leather, with a belt band that is five rows thick at one end, and one row thick at the other end. Thinner band fits into hole located at the end of the thick band. Long metal blade (part b) with central ridge and brown rounded handle.

Culture
Maasai
Material
leather skin, wood and steel metal
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentK4.103

Ornament made from one piece of copper wire that has been bent into a continuous meander with open ends.

Culture
Maasai ?
Material
copper metal
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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AnkletK4.86

Skin band with one side covered in beads. Beads are in sections of blue, white, green and red. There is a loop at one end of the band.

Culture
Maasai
Material
fibre, metal, grass, glass and skin
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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AnkletK4.85

Skin band with beading on one side. Beading is in sections of yellow, white, green, blue, and red-brown. To secure the band, there is a loop closure at one end of the band and a thin piece of skin that fits into the hole of the loop on the other end of the band.

Culture
Maasai
Material
fibre, grass, glass, metal and skin
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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