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Water Jar3362/2

Round-bottomed clay jar. Transitions to a glazed concave neck with a wide mouth. The round bottom is hemispherical, and mottled black and orange-red.

Culture
Venda
Material
clay and glaze
Made in
Limpopo, South Africa ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Water Jar3362/1

Round-bottomed clay jar. Transitions to a glazed concave neck with a wide mouth. The round bottom is hemispherical, and mottled orange-red and black.

Culture
Venda
Material
clay and glaze
Made in
Limpopo, South Africa ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dress3349/1 a-c

Three piece dress, consisting of a top (part a), skirt (part b) and large shoulder cloth (part c). All pieces are bright yellow with repeating groups of red, dark blue, black, yellow and light green stripes. The top has a scoop neckline that then plunges down in an oval-shape. There are two large rectangular pockets on both sides near the bottom edge. The neckline, sleeve edges, pocket openings and the hem all have scalloped borders embroidered in black thread. There are small slits on both sides at the bottom. The skirt is a rectangular piece of fabric; the right, left and top edges have a white-dotted yellow and dark blue border. The bottom edge only has a white-dotted dark blue border. Below the top border there is the repeating group of stripes running horizontally, a plain yellow band, and then a strip of white-dotted yellow cloth, bordered with white-dotted dark blue bands. Below that there are seven vertical rows of the repeating grouped stripes. Over the grouped stripes, in the bottom third of the skirt, a pattern is embroidered in black and white thread. The top edge is plain yellow fabric. The large shoulder cloth is a rectangular piece of fabric folded in half with nine white-dotted dark blue ties along the top edge on the left side. From the front, the top and left sides have a white-dotted yellow and dark blue border. The bottom edge only has a white-dotted dark blue border. Below the top border there is the repeating group of stripes running horizontally, a plain yellow band, and then a strip of white-dotted yellow and dark blue cloth. Running through this top portion are nine white-dotted dark blue strands, directly below the ties. There are another seven identical strands overtop of the repeating striped group and yellow band on the right edge of the front of the shoulder cloth. Below that section are three and a half vertical rows of the repeating grouped stripes. Overtop of the stripes, in the bottom third of the shoulder cloth, a pattern is embroidered in black and white thread.

Culture
Venda
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace3465/3 a-c

Round beaded necklace and two matching bracelets (parts b-c). All three are beaded in twisting bands of red, green and black stripes. The necklace has a beaded loop and knot clasp.

Culture
Venda
Material
glass, metal ? and fibre
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace3465/2

Round beaded necklace. Four long sections of solid green, red or yellow, separated by sections of of small alternating bands ofblack, green, red, and yellow. There is one small section of yellow that extends out further from the circumference of the rest of the necklace.

Culture
Venda
Material
glass ?, metal ? and fibre
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace3465/1

Long, multi-strand necklace made with coloured beads on plaited black plastic-coated wire. Each strand features a single colour of beads, placed in pairs, that are spaced out by plaited cord. Beads are green, red, blue, yellow, clear. The ends are plaited together into flat ribbon-like pieces, each extending out to one side, and beaded in green and bronze.

Culture
Venda
Material
glass ?, plastic ? or metal ?
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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