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Pubic Apron705/50

Small, rectangular shaped beaded pubic apron with twisted fibre edging and ties along with beaded fringe on each side with circular metal discs attached at the ends. The design on the apron consists of small red, green, navy and blue beads in a geometric pattern of arrows, rectangles, diamonds and lines on a white background.

Culture
Kamba
Material
glass, fibre and metal
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pubic Apron705/51

Small, rectangular shaped beaded pubic apron with twisted fibre edging and ties along with a braided metal fringe. The design on the apron consists of small red, green, navy and blue beads in a geometric pattern of squares, arrows, rectangles and zigzags on a beaded white background.

Culture
Kamba
Material
glass, brass metal ? and fibre
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShieldK4.360

Shield with overall convex oval shape made from skin sewn with strips of skin to a bent wooden frame. The skin is painted with reddish-brown and black geometric designs and has a raised centre. An animal-like figure is painted in reddish-brown and white on the reverse. There is a length of wood attached at the reverse that is bent at the centre to form a handle. A length of fibre and a legth of skin are attached through holes at either end of the handle.

Culture
Maasai
Material
skin, wood, paint and fibre
Made in
Kenya ? or Tanzania ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShieldK4.359

Shield with overall convex oval shape made from skin sewn with strips of skin to a bent wooden frame. The skin is painted with reddish-brown, faint white, and black geometric designs and has a raised centre. An animal-like figures are painted in reddish-brown and black on the reverse. There is a length of wood attached at the reverse that is bent at the centre to form a handle and secured with skin straps.

Culture
Maasai
Material
skin, wood and paint
Made in
Kenya ? or Tanzania ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShieldK4.356

Shield with overall convex oval shape made from dark brown skin sewn with strips of skin to a bent wooden frame. There is a length of wood attached at the reverse that is bent at the centre to form a handle and secured with skin straps. There is a circular piece of skin with a toothed edge between the handle and the top skin surface.

Culture
Maasai ?
Material
buffalo skin ? and wood
Made in
Kenya ? or Tanzania ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Stringed Musical InstrumentAj100

A harp-like musical instrument that has a rectangular body covered with brown and white fur skin with an oval slit opening near one corner and a rounded bottom. Five strings are strung from the body to a tuning peg on the curved neck-handle.

Culture
East African
Material
wood, skin and fibre
Made in
Kenya ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureK4.188

Brown wood carving of a boy holding a bird, which has been treed by a leopard. Metal wire around the boy's neck. Leopard, bird, and boy's hat are decorated with black dots. The mouth of leopard is red. Oval, flat base.

Culture
Kamba
Material
metal, paint and wood
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureK4.189

Brown wood carving representing an African soldier (bugler?), with vertical tribal scars on his cheeks. He wears a cylindrical hat, belt, and adornments across the chest, and over the shoulders and stands on a rectangular wooden base.

Culture
Kamba
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace2662/1

Beaded circular shaped necklace decorated with diamond shaped beaded designs in alternating colours. Beaded rectangular shape on bottom of circle also decorated with diamond shapes. The necklace has a leather backing and a two pronged metal clasp. Off the sides of the circular part of the necklace are small dangle details. The dangles are made of beaded wire with one metal disk hanging off of it. Found at the midpoint of the circle, on both sides is a larger dangle detail made of beaded wire attached to a small beaded circle and 3 metal disks hanging off. These larger dangles are also present on both sides of the beaded rectangular section.

Culture
Maasai
Material
plastic, metal and leather skin
Made in
Narok, Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fertility Figure905/11

Made out of nuts in three parts covered with nine dangling strands of bone, possibly that of vertebrae, that have a conical bone at each end. The top is covered with strands of hide. There is a piece of hide underneath the bone strands, which are also decorated with a white, red, and white bead at the top and middle.

Culture
Turkana
Material
nut, glass ?, fibre, skin and bone
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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