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Milk Container1393/1

A tall jug with a rounded bottom which tapers upward and has a flared base. The lid has a cylindrical stem which flared outward and downward and has capped overtop. The top of the lid has white, light blue, and orange beads at the centre with circular rows of blue, white and dark blue, and red beads. The sides of the lid are decorated with cowrie shells and horizontal rows of red, and white and dark blue beads. The lid is held in place with a band of skin decorated with cowrie shells. The jug is decorated with vertical rows of cowrie shells on bands of skin. The whole object is woven.

Culture
Oromo
Material
wood ?, plant fibre, skin and cowrie shell
Made in
Ethiopia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Milk Container1047/1 a-b

Tear-drop-shaped skin container with a narrow opening and a protruding looped handled. Container has three flaps of skin attached under the handle. Skin flaps are decorated with two rows of shells and have skin and shell tassels on the end of each flap. Part b is the lid to the container. It is cone-shaped, tapers near the centre and flares out at the top. It is decorated with rows of blue and white, and red beads around the perimeter radiating from the top of the lid. The outer edges of the flared top of the lid have two rows of blue and white beads on either side of a double row of red beads. At the base of the lid is a single row of alternating black and white beads.

Culture
Oromo
Material
skin, cowrie shell, glass, wood ? and plant fibre
Made in
Ethiopia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cross2189/20

Cross composed of wood and metal with a narrow metal stem with a wider sphere at its centre and a circular three-tiered metal base. The arms of the cross are ornamented with metal bands of bas-relief geometric decoration as well as two ornamental fan or floral decorative elements at the inner corners of one side. The corners of the cross are emphasized by red glass beads, as are the ends of the arms and the tip of the cross. The wooden centre of the cross depicts a crucifixion on the face and two figures on the reverse, both carved in bas-relief.

Culture
North African ?
Material
metal, wood and glass
Made in
Ethiopia ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowK3.18 e

Red-brown wood bow with the rope-like string bound twice around at one end and multiple around at the other end.

Culture
Ethiopian
Material
wood and fibre
Made in
Bulchi Village, Gamo-Gofa, Ethiopia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Procession Cross1262/293

An elaborately carved cross-shaped wood piece.

Culture
Ethiopian
Material
wood and paint ?
Made in
Ethiopia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Headrest551/1

A wood headrest which has a long rectangular curved plane on top of a stand with a base. A braided hide rope is attached to the stand through two holes in the middle, one is on top and the other is on the bottom.

Culture
Turkana ?
Material
wood and skin
Made in
Ethiopia ? or Kenya ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BraceletCa54

Bracelet composed of nine strands of giraffe hair bound and held in place by six red beads at each end.

Culture
Amhara
Material
glass and giraffe hair
Made in
Ethiopia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FluteCa52

Flute made from a section of bamboo grass with angled ends and four holes pierced through the side. Coated in clear lacquer.

Culture
Ethiopian
Material
bamboo grass and lacquer
Made in
Ethiopia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentCa51

Ornament in the form of a cone-shaped, hollow brass (?) cylinder with both ends open. The ornament is completely covered with one plain, coiling design.

Culture
Amhara
Material
brass metal ?
Made in
Ethiopia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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AnkletCa49

Anklet of irregular shaped bronze (?) beads threaded together tightly on a strand of twisted cotton threads.

Culture
Amhara
Material
bronze metal ? and cotton fibre
Made in
Ethiopia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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