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Spear1251/16

Long brown wooden spear with a slender shaft and a long, tapering metal spearhead.

Culture
Zulu ?
Material
wood and metal
Made in
South Africa ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Toy Motorcycle2657/2

Toy motorcycle made of metal wire which coils around for some features. Front steering handles rotate the front wheel. Both wheels are made of wrapped black electrician's tape.

Culture
South African
Material
plastic ?, metal and adhesive
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Container2657/1

Red bottle-cap 'basket' with handles. Container or basket made of red 'Lion Lager" bottle caps. Each bottle cap has four holes drilled into its side where the wires weave through to make a vertical and horizontal attachment. The basket has two handles made of twisted silver wire.

Culture
South African
Material
metal
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Staff976/1

Long brown coloured staff. One quarter of the staff is plain wood that is rounded at the end. Three quarters of the staff is wood that is twisted into a long and tight spiral piece. Yellow fibre with two tassels on its end are tied to the section where the plain and spiraled sections meet.

Culture
Southern African
Material
wood, fibre and dye
Made in
South Africa ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt1060/76

A coiled round beaded belt with four cylindrical rows stitched together. The design consists of alternating rectangles of blue, black, and red beads with white beads in between. It is beaded on the outside. One end has a loop of blue, red, and white beads with a conical metal button while the other end has just a conical metal button.

Culture
Zulu
Material
glass, metal and fibre
Made in
Natal, South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt1260/1

Long and thick beaded belt band with five distinct rows of coloured beads. The outer band is light pink, the next row of bands are alternating sections of blue and red, and the central band is green. Each row is connected to the next by four white coloured beads that form an X shape. At each end of the belt are three rows of red coloured beads that are attached to brown fibre cording.

Culture
Zulu
Material
glass and fibre
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt1596/2

Thick portion of short beaded strands are attached to a thin band of beads. From the top of the band, the thick portion of beads are ordered: strands of beads are the colours white, blue, white, red, black, red, and white. The long thin band of beads has larger light green beads around the outer rim, a row of three red beads in the centre, and a double row of white beads on the inner rim of the band. Each end of the apron band has brown fibre cording. At one of the ends is a large circular black bead.

Culture
Zulu ?
Material
glass, clay ?, metal and fibre
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Neck Ring1689/2

Long tubular beaded neck ring with alternating sections of blue, red, light-green, and white beads. Each section has row of six beads and is separated by a single row of black beads. At each end, there is a section of light pink coloured beads. At one end, there is a fibre loop.

Culture
Zulu ?
Material
glass and fibre
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear1251/6

Long stick that tapers to two cone-shaped points. One end is wider than the other and tapers to a rounded point. The other end is more narrow, tapers to a sharp point, and is engraved with spiral lines. Small lines are engraved around the bottom of the wider cone-shaped end and at the top of the narrow cone-shaped end. A piece of white fibre with two long strands is tied around the top of the narrow end.

Culture
Southern African
Material
fibre and wood
Made in
South Africa ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace846/1

A green and pink beaded oval-shaped necklace with alternating rows of colour attached with a metal bead at the end of one of the extensions. The extensions are made up of dark and light blue beads. Brown fibre is used overall to bead the necklace.

Culture
Ndebele ?
Material
glass, fibre and metal
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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