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TextileK4.172

Pale blue rectangular cloth with designs in red and black-brown. Central square with complex curvilinear shapes and motifs; border with repeating curvilinear shapes.

Culture
East African
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrillK4.162 a-c

Three plain wood drills. The longest one (part a) has a point at one end and three notches at the other end. The shortest one (part b) is cylindrical, and slightly thicker than the last one (part c) which is thin and cylindrical.

Culture
Maasai
Material
wood
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PotK4.64

A deep cylindrical pot with horizontal leaf bands, possibly palm leaf, connected to each other with vertical bands of braided bark? The bottom of the pot is rounded with a herring-bone-like weave. The pot appears to have been plastered with a mixture of fibre or hair and reddish clay. Simple design on the three legs of two horizontal wide-grooved bands around the top.

Culture
East African
Material
bark, wood and palm leaf
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeadrestK4.58

Plain dark brown wood headrest with a circular base, a cylindrical stem, and a concave oval rest on top. Small circles stamped or imprinted on top of the rest.

Culture
Maasai ?
Material
wood
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ear OrnamentK4.46 a-b

Circular, metal ornaments consisting of coiled copper wire with four coils of steel wire, each with brass beads on either side.

Culture
Maasai
Material
copper metal, brass metal and steel metal
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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QuiverK4.245 a-aa

Dark brown leather quiver (part a) and twenty-six arrows (parts b-aa). Twenty-two of the arrows (parts b-w) consist of iron arrowheads of various shapes and sizes bound to bamboo shafts with feather fletchings at the end. Parts x-aa also have bamboo shafts ending with feather fletchings, but narrow to a sharp point at the tip and do not have arrowheads.

Culture
East African
Material
feather, iron metal, bamboo grass and leather skin
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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QuiverK4.244

Large, rectangular, dark brown woven quiver with overwrapped edges and a leather strap; leather strap has a wide shoulder pad covered with fur.

Culture
East African
Material
stem ? and skin
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowK4.237

Bow made from a crooked branch bound with skin (?) at the tapered ends.

Culture
Maasai
Material
wood and skin ?
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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StoolK4.235

Four-legged stool with saucer-like seat and knobs at the ends of the legs. Carved out of one piece of wood. Cracks in seat held together with metal staples.

Culture
Luo ?
Material
wood and metal
Made in
Kenya ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentK4.144

Ornament composed of a band of metal bent into a c shape with a peak that runs along the length of the centre on the outside. The ornament is engraved with a geometric pattern of triangles composed of cross-hatching and a band of cross-hatching at each edge.

Culture
East African
Material
brass metal
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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