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Necklace3512/42

Beaded necklace made of black wild beans; strung on plastic twine. Four porcupine quill-like beads strung at intervals throughout necklace chain. Large bean pendant, with shell-like decoration, at base of necklace; two strands of beans hang from bottom edge. Strands end with large beans; one on left has shell-like decoration along bottom, one on right is undecorated.

Culture
Khoisan
Material
bean seed, porcupine quill ? and plastic
Made in
North West, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Container3512/34

Ostrich egg water holder with a hole drilled into the top. Incised geometric, animal and floral motifs throughout; incisions are filled in black. Wide borders, with arrow motifs through their centres, circle top and bottom of egg. Identical bands run down sides, connecting the borders, and dividing the front and back of the container. Antelope designs on front and back; both are depicted in profile. The antelope on the front is leaping forward; animal on back has its head bent and is standing next to a small tree. Base is undecorated.

Culture
Khoisan
Material
ostrich egg and charcoal ?
Made in
Kgalagadi, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Container3512/33

Ostrich egg water holder with a hole drilled into the top. Incised geometric and animal motifs throughout; incisions are filled in black. Wide border, with an arrow motif through the centre, circles top of egg. On the front and back, extending from the border to the base, are curved horn-like designs; the horns are made up of wavy lines. In between the horns are a line of connected concentric diamonds. Antelope designs are on the left and right sides; both are standing straight and depicted in profile. Base is undecorated.

Culture
Khoisan
Material
ostrich egg and charcoal ?
Made in
Kgalagadi, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Container3512/32

Ostrich egg water holder with a hole drilled into the side. Incised animal motifs throughout; incisions are filled in black. On the left and back sides, two lions are depicted fighting one another. On the front, an antelope with spiraled horns is shown walking, with its face turned outward. On the right side, there are a four-legged animal and wildebeest(?) running. The animal is incised upside down, underneath the opening; the wildebeest is along the bottom edge. Base is undecorated.

Culture
Khoisan
Material
ostrich egg and charcoal ?
Made in
Kgalagadi, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3201/12

Small woven basket. Basket flares widely from a small round base toward lip. Construction is grass fibre woven around sedge root into a tube, thin at bottom centre, thickening as it winds up to rim. Red-brown dyed grass is used to create an irregular pattern of lines and triangles extending from base to top in shades of brown and red brown. This is visible on both interior and exterior of basket.

Culture
Batswana
Material
grass, sedge root and dye
Made in
Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3201/11

Woven basket. Basket flares widely from a small round base toward lip. Construction is grass fibre woven around sedge root into a tube, narrow at bottom centre, thickening as it winds up to rim. Brown dyed grass is used to create open diamond shaped patterns extending from rim to base, with a smaller, closed diamond in a light brown inside. This is visible on both interior and exterior of basket.

Culture
Batswana
Material
grass, sedge root and dye
Made in
Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3201/10

Woven basket. Basket flares widely from a small round base toward lip. Construction is grass fibre woven around sedge root into a tube, narrow at bottom centre, thickening as it winds up to rim. Red-brown dyed grass is used to create a seven-petal flower at bottom centre, with corresponding colour blocks extending down from rim. This is visible on both interior and exterior of basket.

Culture
Batswana
Material
grass, sedge root and dye
Made in
Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3201/9

Woven basket. Basket flares widely from a small round base toward lip. Construction is grass fibre woven around sedge root into a tube, narrow at bottom centre, thickening as it winds up to rim. Brown dyed grass is used to create a diagonal checkered pattern across the inside and exterior of the basket. Rim is fully brown.

Culture
Batswana
Material
grass, sedge root and dye
Made in
Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3201/8

Woven basket for winnowing grain. Basket is low and shallow, flaring widely from a small base toward lip. Construction is grass fibre woven around sedge root into thick tubes, winding up from bottom centre to rim. Brown dyed grass is used to create a pattern of triangles across the inside and exterior of the basket. Offset concentric circles of brown decorate the base.

Culture
Batswana
Material
grass, dye and sedge root
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hair OrnamentAa152 a-g

Long beaded fragment (part a) on fibre strand consisting predominantly of white beads and interspersed with red and blue beads. Fragments of brown-orange gourd fruit from largest to smallest (part b, c, d, e, f, and g).

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
gourd fruit, glass and fibre
Made in
Botswana ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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