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BasketK4.94

A woven circular basket with sides that flare upward at a low angle, creating a deep bowl effect. Design consists of simple horizontal bands of dark brown, orange, and dark brown near the base with a dark brown circle at the centre of the base.

Culture
East African
Material
root
Made in
Uganda
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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GameK4.89

Game board (weso) consisting of a rectangular tray (eznyeso) of thirty-two squares half an inch deep (amasa). Tray rims are incised with a grid pattern. Peg at one end of the tray. There are sixty-two seeds used as counters (empiki) in an orange cloth bag which has a brown cloth drawstring. On the back of the tray, there is an explanatory paper about the game of Mweso which is played in Africa by the Bantu.

Culture
Ganda
Material
wood and seed
Made in
Uganda
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bark ClothK4.174

Large piece of pounded bark cloth; almost square.

Culture
Ganda
Material
bark
Made in
Uganda
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketK4.150

A beaker-shaped coil basket that has a rounded cylindrical body which tapers downward to a flared outward footed base. Design consists of geometric dark brown zig zags horizontally all around.

Culture
East African
Material
plant fibre
Made in
Uganda
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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