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Fan636/6

Brown coloured fan with pink coloured tassel attached to metal clasp. When extended, the fan has thirty-one panel pieces each with cut-out floral and vine-like designs on the top three-quarters of the panel. Each panel piece is strung together near the top of the fan by strand of white coloured braided fibre and the bottom portion of panel pieces are secured with a looped metal clasp.

Culture
East African
Material
wood, metal and fibre
Made in
Zanzibar, Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure1384/10

A human-like figure standing on a base. The face is a long thin pointy oval with a bald head, a high nose, a compressed mouth, and a chin. The long arms rest at the sides of the body and the legs are fairly short. The figure is carved with clothing around the bottom portion of the body.

Culture
Makonde ?
Material
ebony wood
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskAc212

Three dimensional helmet mask with black simulated hair at crown, and a bright yellow painted face in low relief with extensive black painted linear designs that are roughly symmetrical. The eyes and eyebrows are emphasized with black paint, and the mouth is painted red with several thin teeth and a central thicker piece of wood and metal representing the front teeth. There is a blue stone in a metal setting attached to each earlobe.

Culture
Makonde
Material
wood, paint, hair, fibre, pigment, metal and plastic ?
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrumAc211

Tall wooden drum. Smooth cylindrical wood; hollow; tapering from top to base. Light brown in colour; mottled brown hide stretched and tied with fibres to top, secured to pegs extending from side. A raised wide band near the base has six vertical bands of incised triangles; edges of band coloured black. Base flares from narrowest point, edges coloured black. Yellow chalk mark beneath base.

Culture
Makonde
Material
wood, skin and bark
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CombAc206

Carved wooden rectangular comb with indentation at the neck near the middle. The top and bottom are separated by carved horizontal lines repeated in top section. There are twenty-six teeth in the top section. The bottom section has a carved x and eight teeth. Carving is on both sides.

Culture
Badjokwe ?
Material
wood
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CombK4.25

Handle of comb has an elaborately pierced arabesque design. There are eight teeth to the comb. The top right portion of the comb's handle is broken. The comb is dark brown.

Culture
East African
Material
wood
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Musical InstrumentK4.23

Long triangular-shaped wood frame with a solid bottom and both sides covered with hide. A wood stick goes underneath through the middle of the skin in alignment with six tiny holes, one of which has a string sticking out. There is a hole made near the middle and another near the top.

Culture
East African
Material
skin and wood
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BottleK4.20

Gourd container with incised lines composed of a fine zig-zag pattern and a dark brown patina. Near the slightly pointed tip is a hole in the side of the gourd.

Culture
East African
Material
gourd fruit
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentK4.232

Plain carved and polished brown horn with the ends coiled with copper. Shaped like an rounded oval open mouth.

Culture
Maasai
Material
horn and copper metal
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ear OrnamentK4.231

Ear ornament made of metal wire coiled over a wire shape: curved at the top with two straight arms that angle outwards and each has a copper knob at the end.

Culture
Maasai
Material
iron metal and copper metal
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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