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OrnamentK4.55

Plain hollow cylindrical piece, except for two sets of initials, perhaps added later "AHS" and "CMS".

Culture
East African
Material
ivory
Made in
East Africa, Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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AdzeK4.45 a-b

Long wooden handle (part a) with pointed angled piece at top wrapped with strips of wood. Hole for flared cutting edge (part b). Cutting edge is a tubular hollow shank that widens at the end and tapers towards the blade.

Culture
Central African ?
Material
iron metal and wood
Made in
Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear PointK4.44

Spear tip with elongated pyramidal shape that joins at a seam to a conical shape at the base. Seam extends up the shank from the bottom edge, and there is a small squarish hole for a pin near the bottom edge.

Culture
Southern African
Material
steel metal
Made in
Southern Africa, Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear PointK4.43

Spear point, square in cross section with a round hollow shank that has a horizontal lip.

Culture
Southern African
Material
steel metal
Made in
Southern Africa, Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PipeK4.39

A small dark brown-black bowl with four bosses and a hide loop attached.

Culture
Central African ?
Material
skin and stone
Made in
Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentK4.142

Sections of coiled copper and iron wire. Very little relief linear design on one side only. Shaped like a pointed v-shaped open mouth.

Culture
Maasai
Material
iron metal and copper metal
Made in
East Africa, Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleK4.141

A metal rattle with seven cone-shaped pieces at one end, and a thin rectangular handle. There are six cones surrounding a larger cone, each with a clapper, radiating out in a partial circle from the end of the handle.

Culture
Central African ?
Material
iron metal
Made in
Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketAb301 a-b

Slightly boat-shaped rectangular basket box (part a) with a lid (part b) made of palm leaf overlaid with stiff woven grass of both dark brown and cream colour. Pattern resulting is a series of interlocking diamonds and zigzags. The base of both the basket and lid are a solid piece of wood sewn into the basket with fibre. The basket and lid have slightly convex long sides. The basket (part a) has two slats bound for the rim which are separated from the main design by a horizontal, black, braided edge. Main design consists of five lozenge patterns around the sides bofdered by counter-clock-wise pointing diagonal lines in dark and light brown. The lid (part b) has a longitudinal lozenge-patterned band with perpendicular zig zags at either side while the sides have a vertical zig zag pattern and are eded with black braids.

Culture
Southern African
Material
wood, rattan, grass and palm leaf
Made in
Southern Africa, Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatK2.122

Large round woven basket or mat with bands of woven colour. The mat has a yellow centre that is ringed with alternating black and beige bands, and a thick red with beige band. The rim of the mat is black. Edges flare slightly upwards.

Culture
West African
Material
grass and dye
Made in
West Africa, Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Musical InstrumentK2.409 a-d

A large object (part a) with a long wood band across two-thirds of the way down a wood arched frame. Above the long wood band, there are fourteen flat rectangular wood pieces lying perpendicular to the long wood band but parallel in association with each other and tied together with skin and string. Below the long wood band, there are ten gourds decreasing in size all in a row. (Gourds and plaques tied and resinated together.) There are two sticks (parts b-c). The largest gourd (part d) is loose.

Culture
West African
Material
wood, fibre, gourd fruit and resin
Made in
West Africa, Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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