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Blow Dart1437/3

A dart with a long stem, a short arrow point, and a wood base.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
bone, poison resin and wood
Made in
Zimbabwe ? or Botswana ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blow Dart1437/2

A dart with a wood base and a stem that does not have an arrow point.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
bone, poison resin and wood
Made in
Zimbabwe ? or Botswana ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blow Dart1437/1

A dart with a long arrow point and a wood base wrapped around with fibre string.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
bone, fibre, poison resin and wood
Made in
Zimbabwe ? or Botswana ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureK5.103

Female figure with a baby on her back. The figure is wearing a tall red headdress, a pink shirt with a pouch at the back to hold her baby, and a flared black skirt. The clothing and headdress are adorned with multicoloured beadwork, and the figure has beaded earrings as well as cuffs around her wrists and ankles.

Culture
Shona
Material
glass and wool fibre ?
Made in
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CombK4.132

Comb with large looped protrusion at the top. handle tapers near the centre and is held together by green, blue, orange, and white plastic-covered electrical wire in a geometric and striped pattern. Teeth of comb are long and fan out.

Culture
Barotse
Material
copper metal and plastic
Made in
Zimbabwe
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagK4.131

Cup-shaped gourd bag with rounded bottom and a roll of paper laced in place around the top edge with fibre.

Culture
Barotse
Material
gourd fruit, paper and fibre
Made in
Zimbabwe
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HoeK4.127

Hoe with flat, flared metal tip that has one sharp edge and has been inserted into an L-shaped wooden handle. The handle has been burnt to a dark brown colour at both ends, each decorated with of indented circles.

Culture
Barotse
Material
iron metal and wood
Made in
Zimbabwe
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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AxeK4.126

Axe with L-shaped wooden handle and triangular blade with curved blade edge. The handle shaft cuves slightly and the top of the handle is burnt to a dark brown finish. The blade has an incised design on both faces of two zigzag lines joined by short vertical lines.

Culture
Barotse
Material
iron metal and wood
Made in
Zimbabwe
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonK4.125

Spoon with hemispherical bowl and a handle that emerges from the bottom centre of the bowl and tapers very slightly to a blunt end. The underside of the bowl has a mottled dark brown burnt finish, and the handle has several dark brown burnt dots along its length.

Culture
Barotse
Material
wood
Made in
Zimbabwe
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeadrestK5.35

Carved wooden neck rest with two male figures standing either side of a rectangular centre support that has a raised geometric design. Base is carved with lobed ends and pointed centre, and top surface curves downwards at centre.

Culture
Shona
Material
wood
Made in
Zimbabwe
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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