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Drum3326/25

Three-legged drum. Cylindrical body, tapering in slightly toward a raised band horizontal around the drum. The base has three feet. The animal hide with fur is stretched across the end and fits over sticks inserted in the wood. A thin band of animal skin is woven around the wood pegs in a zigzag pattern to hold the skin in place.

Culture
West African
Material
wood, skin and stain
Made in
West Africa, Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Miniature Mask3123/53

Miniature mask in bronze. Face is oblong in shape, wide at temples, narrowing toward chin. Face has heavily lidded eyes, almost closed but for a slight opening in the right eye cut through the metal to the back of the piece. Brows are arched. Nose is long, relatively flat, with protruding nostrils. Lips are rectangular in shape and also protrude, as does a braided moustache with rolled tips. A small mark sits on the cheek below the left eye. A headband sits across the forehead, behind which are several rows of braided hair, rolled at the front. Interior of mask is concave.

Culture
West African
Material
bronze metal
Made in
West Africa, Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bracelet3123/52

Bronze bracelet. Piece is slightly oblong in width, with curled ends at back opening, and three protruding circles at front with jingling noisemakers in their hollow centres. The top front is engraved with small loops and linear designs on the bracelet and an uneven pattern of dots on the protruding circles, which also appear on their back-side.

Culture
West African ?
Material
bronze metal
Made in
West Africa, Africa ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pouch3123/51

Small leather container. Object is circular and bulbous at bottom, with base tied to body by unbleached cotton thread. A long closed neck tops the container, held together by the same thread. Dark brown dye colours the leather under the seams, as well a single stripe on the neck. An interior support, unseen, gives stiffness to the pouch. A thin, supple thong of leather serves as a handle and is tied to the base of the pouch in two areas, and runs through flaps on the neck that hold it in place. This strap is broken.

Culture
African
Material
skin, dye and cotton fibre
Made in
Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bracelet3123/49

Bracelet. A grouping of dyed black, thin grass stems(?), uniform in shape, formed into a circle and held in place with thick coils of the same material.

Culture
African
Material
grass ? and dye
Made in
Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Unfinished Necklace3123/48

Seven thick glass beads strung on a long copper wire. The beads are roughly cut, some with a bright sheen, others dull, tubular in shape, with flat ends. Colouring is light grey with irregular lines of dark blue. A single bead at one end is thinner than the rest, and includes a dark red stripe. The copper wire extends well beyond the beads, knotted and twisted back on itself.

Culture
African
Material
glass and copper metal
Made in
Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace3123/47

Necklace of thick glass beads strung on a metal wire. The beads are roughly cut, most are dull in sheen, tubular in shape, with flat ends. Colouring is mottled green with irregular lines of dark purple. A single bead at front centre is round, light brown-grey, with uneven stripes of brown and black. Necklace sits in a rounded position due to the shape of the wire, and closes with a hook and loop.

Culture
African
Material
glass and metal
Made in
Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace3123/46

Necklace of thick glass beads strung on a cord of plant fibre. Beads are roughly cut with a dull sheen. Top portion of necklace is filled with tubular beads in a light grey-brown with stripes of blue and red-brown. Bottom front of necklace is made of slightly larger beads, also tubular with an uneven surface, in colours of blue, primarily, with stripes of yellow and green, as well as some orange beads and yellow beads also with stripes.

Culture
African
Material
glass and plant fibre
Made in
Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace3123/45

Necklace of beads strung on a plastic fibre. Shell(?) beads are in multiple colours and shapes, strung in no particular order: long and short tubes, rounded seed shapes, round orbs, in muted shades of brown, purple, orange, green, yellow and light purple-pink. At bottom front hangs a large round bead, light orange, attached to two small green beads, with smaller round beads of the same colour dangling on each side.

Culture
African
Material
shell and plastic
Made in
Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace3123/44

Round beaded neck ring. Necklace consists of eight to nine strands of small glass beads strung on wire, placed in alternating blocks of colour: dark blue, white, and light blue, each with a line in a different colour at both ends of the block: white, dark blue, light blue, yellow or red. Each colour block is separated from the next by a thick strip of leather. Around the interior of the necklace is a line of larger plastsic beads, round, and coloured light green. Closing mechanism is a hook of wire. A piece of tagging is attached to one leather thong by green string.

Culture
East African ?
Material
glass, plastic, metal and skin
Made in
East Africa, Africa ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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