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Bracelet1444
Gambling bones2.5E1317
Pipe1572
LadleA7285 a-b

A red-brown wood ladle (part a) with an elongated bowl and a dark lathed knob (part b) handle. The dark, hollow knob (part b) has three horizontal raised ridges around the lower portion, a flat rounded top, and inserts onto the handle into an upward flaring, conical metal piece.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
brass metal and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Neck Ring2790/21

Part of a necklace ? or headdress ? composed of pieces of metal welded into a tiara-like form. Two rods of copper and one of brass are curve upwards from the centre to several joined cylindrical brass beads at the sides. Two brass buttons and three round brass beads are soldered to the rods at the centre.

Culture
Ndebele ?
Material
brass metal and copper metal
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Beaded Necklace2790/17

Beaded necklace (or head band ?) consisting of four square sections of beadwork strung together with large brown seeds and beads of different sizes and colours. Diamond, chevron and linear motifs in red, green, orange, blue and black decorate each of the white sections with crochet-like upper and lower borders. The one larger section has two brass bells hanging from the bottom.

Culture
Ndebele
Material
cotton fibre, glass ?, seed and brass metal
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Apron2790/2

Beaded hide apron with straight top and five scalloped panels hanging along the bottom. Brass ring trim at edge of waist flap. The lower front is divided into 5 hanging panels of varied length, with a small tab at each side. Beaded motifs in green, blue, pink, brown, and red in a white background include bands along the top, a house with a cross on the roof in the centre, and a Z and a cross on the central hanging panel.

Culture
Ndebele
Material
animal skin, glass, brass metal and cotton fibre
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Apron2790/1

Skin apron with beadwork on rolled waist band and in a thick band across the waist flap. Stitched to the edge of the flap are two rows of brass and copper rings and knotted into it at one side is a skin tie. The front skin surface is blackened (possibly shoe polish).

Culture
Ndebele
Material
skin, glass ?, brass metal and copper metal
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arrows60/2354 BC
P IP E, Frog19/723