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KnifeK4.267 a-b

Knife and sheath (parts a-b) consisting of a wooden sheath (part b) decorated with brass tacks and wrapped with thin copper wire. A protrusion with a hole through it near the top of the sheath appears to be part of the carrying apparatus. The wooden sword handle (part a) is narrow in the middle and flares toward either end.

Culture
Shona ?
Material
copper metal, wood and brass metal
Made in
Mashonaland, Zimbabwe
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerK5.44 a-b

Long, thin, wood container (part a) with incised line patterns on the body of diagonal lines creating triangular shapes. A horizontal grooved line goes around near the bottom end. There is a small handle on one side near the top. Neck is covered in a woven copper wire collar. Has a rolled fabric stopper (part b).

Culture
Shona
Material
wood, copper metal and fibre
Made in
Zimbabwe
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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KnifeK4.268 a-b

Knife (part a) and sheath (part b). The blade has curved sides and a pointed tip. Ridged wood knife handle and wooden sheath are both wrapped with bands of copper wire: the sheath has three bands, and the handle has two. A protrusion with a hole through the top on the sheath appears to be part of a carrying apparatus.

Culture
Zimbabwean
Material
wood and metal
Made in
Mashonaland, Zimbabwe
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowK4.248

Arrow with metal head that has curved sides, a pointed tip, and a short twisted shaft that has been bound with stem ? to the long wooden shaft. Several dark brown feathers have been bound with stem ? near the end of the wooden shaft, and the very end has been wrapped with stem ? and is notched.

Culture
Barotse
Material
feather, wood, stem ? and iron metal
Made in
Zimbabwe
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpatulaK4.129

Wooden spatula with ovoid blade, and a handle that flares outwards to a point roughly one quarter of the way down the shaft, curves back inwards, and then flares outwards again at the end of the handle, which has three points. The spatula has several dots that have been burnt into the surface on the sides of the blade, where the handle joins the blade, and at the points on the handle.

Culture
Barotse
Material
wood
Made in
Zimbabwe
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskK4.171

Wooden mask of a human face with a broad forehead, a wide nose, cut-out oval shaped eyes, round protruding ears, rounded cheeks, a protruding mouth with top and bottom rows of teeth, and a protruding beard with incised lines denoting hair. Mask is decorated with light coloured linear double-lines on the black background of the face. Grass cording is tied to the rim at the top of the mask.

Culture
Barotse
Material
wood, stain ? and grass ?
Made in
Zimbabwe
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeadrestK5.36

Carved wooden neck rest with oval base that flares inwards to a curved segment with three cylindrical supports emerging from the top, and these join to the roughly rectangular top surface, which curves downward at the centre. Two rectangular elements extend down from the ends of the top segment, and each is decorated with two horizontal bands of zigzags.

Culture
Shona
Material
wood and lacquer ?
Made in
Zimbabwe
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thumb PianoK4.133

Thumb piano consisting of nine metal prongs attached to wooden base with a metal bar that has been secured with metal wire, and supported by a strip of metal sheeting. The sides of the thumb piano each have a raised wall that curves inwards, and the top and bottom ends curve outwards. There is a burnt design of triangles and lines on the bottom end, and of zig-zag lines on the side walls.

Culture
Barotse
Material
steel metal ?, wood and copper metal ?
Made in
Zimbabwe
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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AxeK4.128

Axe with wooden handle that has a cylindrical shaft that flares to a triangular shape at the top where a dark brown parallelogram design and solid band at the bottom design have been burnt into the surface. The butt end of the handle has also been burnt to a dark brown finish. The blade is a narrow triangular shape with a tip that passes through the handle and curves upwards to a point on the other side of the handle. The blade has an engraved zigzag design along its length on both faces and has a sharpened and slightly curved edge.

Culture
Barotse
Material
wood and iron metal
Made in
Zimbabwe
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blow Dart1437/4

A dart with a long arrow point.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
bone and poison resin ?
Made in
Zimbabwe ? or Botswana ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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