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Stool3468/3

Wooden stool with round base and top joined by two rectangular legs. From the side, the overall shape is somewhat hourglass, with a semi-circle for both the seat and base. The surface appears polished, with the exception of the base. (The slightly concave base has been written on, in black ink.)

Culture
South African
Material
wood
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace3468/2

Beaded necklace with metal ornament hanging at the bottom. The necklace is composed of two strands of beads, featuring alternating sections of orange and white divided by a single blue bead. At the bottom hangs a small rectangular beaded panel with four repeating blue and orange triangles. Attached to the bottom of the panel, hangs a shaped piece of metal. The upper half is a half circle that joins into a stem-like projection. The whole metal piece has a thin, outwardly extending sharp point, running down through the centre.

Culture
South African
Material
glass, fibre and metal
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace3468/1

Beaded necklace with six layers of square beadwork panels attached together at the centre. The first and third panel each have a three by three grid, second and fifth panel each have a hexagon, fourth panel has a hexagon-like shape with two triangular protrusions, and the sixth panel has a hexagon shape with one triangular protrusion. There are six ties running horizontally through the necklace, creating raised lines of beading. These horizontal pieces are mostly beaded in white, with a section of vertical stripes: red, green, black, yellow, black, green, and red. The fibre ties extend out on both sides, and have red colouring near the beadwork and at the ends, some of which are knotted.

Culture
South African
Material
glass and plant fibre
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3295/31

Small square raffia cloth textile. Half of the textile has brown and yellow zigzags, and the other half has brown and yellow diamond-shapes. There is a one inch border around the textile, where it has been folded over onto itself, and then stitched down. The front is tufted.

Culture
South African
Material
plant fibre and dye
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model House3201/7

Model rondavel style house, made of clay and sticks. Cone-on-cylinder hut is round, with a slightly overhanging cone-shaped roof. Walls are thick, and reinforced with thin wood sticks which hold the roof onto the walls, and emerge slightly at top. A door and two small widows are cut into the clay, and a plaque has been attached by sticks above the door. At back is a second door with a prominent frame, filled by a cube of clay. The house and roof surfaces have scratched writing in English, with text such as “good clay soil”, “beautiful”, and “strong one hut”.

Culture
South African
Material
clay and wood
Made in
Eastern Cape, South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Beer StrainerK5.31

Strainer woven from plant fibre with an unfinished opening at the top and tapering towards the base where the weaving has been gathered and tied with plant fibre twine.

Culture
South African
Material
plant fibre
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Toy Motorcycle2657/2

Toy motorcycle made of metal wire which coils around for some features. Front steering handles rotate the front wheel. Both wheels are made of wrapped black electrician's tape.

Culture
South African
Material
plastic ?, metal and adhesive
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Container2657/1

Red bottle-cap 'basket' with handles. Container or basket made of red 'Lion Lager" bottle caps. Each bottle cap has four holes drilled into its side where the wires weave through to make a vertical and horizontal attachment. The basket has two handles made of twisted silver wire.

Culture
South African
Material
metal
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2657/4

Red bottle-cap figure on a vending bicycle. The head is made of two Coca-Cola bottle caps, one for the front and the other for the back. A Coca-Cola bottle cap is used for a hat. Most of the figure is made of Coca-Cola bottle caps, but others include "Fanta" orange flavoured drink, Red "Lion Lager", "Creme Soda", "Castle Lager", "Cherry Plum", and "Golden Pilsener". The bicycle is made of metal wire, with the two small front wheels and the larger back wheel wrapped around with black electrician's tape. Original price tag attached.

Culture
South African
Material
metal, plastic ? and adhesive
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thumb PianoK5.105

Trapezoid-shaped wooden box with a hole on the top face near the widest end, and a series of 17 long metal prongs with rounded tips are elevated and secured above the box by wood and metal bars at the narrower end. Two smaller holes on the underside near the centre. The wood is stained, and five of the metal prongs are coated with red paint on the top surface. Hugh Tracey manufacturer label on bottom.

Culture
South African
Material
steel metal, wood, stain and paint
Made in
Transvaal, South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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