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FigureK4.304

Wooden carving of two male figures carrying a third between them in a sling. The figures are standing on a rectangular platform, and each has painted white and black eyes as well as black hair.

Culture
Southern African
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model HouseK4.303

Wooden model house with a grid design burnt into the roof, and a geometric design with a triangular motif burnt into the base.

Culture
Southern African
Material
wood
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arm OrnamentAb362

Circular metal ornament with one blue glass bead and hook and loop attachments. Loop end has wrap around coils with a copper-like bead surrounded by two copper-like discs at either side of the blue glass bead. Rest of the band is plain copper.

Culture
Southern African
Material
copper alloy metal and glass
Made in
South Africa ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear PointK4.107

Spear point, square in cross section, with a round, hollow shank that has an open seam.

Culture
Southern African ?
Material
iron metal
Made in
Southern Africa, Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureK4.301

Carved wooden female figure using a sifter inside a mortar. The corn is represented by off-white paint, and the figure is wearing a painted black belt and a necklace composed of white dots. The figure also has painted black hair and black and white eyes. The mortar and sifter are painted with a black geometric design.

Culture
Southern African
Material
wood, paint and stain
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureK4.300

Carved wooden figure holding an axe ? in its left hand and standing on a square base. The figure is wearing a sarong with orange and white horizontal stripes.

Culture
Southern African
Material
wood, stain and paint
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentK4.298

Ornament made from a band of metal bent into a c shape with the ends folded back on the outside with two points cut into the edge of each. The ornament is roughly two thirds copper and one third iron, meeting horizontally along the middle, and it is incised with a geometric design featuring cross-hatched scallop shapes emphasized with incised dots at the edges.

Culture
Southern African
Material
copper metal and iron metal
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model MortarK4.297 a-b

Model mortar (a) and pestle (b): the indented rim of mortar has a dark brown finish, there is a band of dots around the middle, there are three black lines at the top of the base, and there are two handles with rectangular designs on sides. The designs are burnt into the wood. The pestle is cylindrical and slightly tapered towards one end.

Culture
Southern African
Material
wood
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RingK4.293

Cylindrical ring carved from wood that sits on one flattened side, and the edges are serrated with three segments of the edge burnt to a dark brown finish. Around the centre of the ring are two raised, ridged bands with a herringbone pattern that are accented with two bands of dark brown burnt wood, and these bands are crossed by two burnt dark brown lines.

Culture
Southern African
Material
wood
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NetK4.292

Net made from knotted plant fibre twine.

Culture
Southern African
Material
plant fibre
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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