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FluteIe385

Bamboo pole bound with bamboo grass, covered with dark pigment, and divided by three rings of woven bamboo grass and dark feathers. The wooden stop forms a crocodile merging into a crested bird. Both have cowrie eyes; the bird also has a row of fibre tassels hanging from the back and a cheek mound with feathers, shells, and a fibre loop.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
pigment, cowrie shell, cassowary feather ?, fibre, wood and bamboo grass
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FluteIe384

Flute formed by a bamboo tube, split its whole length, held together with rings and lashings of bark and with a hole in the side near the stop. The wooden stop has a kneeling woman, with a bird on top of her head, and a human head upside down behind her legs with black cassowary feathers adorning it. Cowrie shells are inlaid into the eyes, the bird's neck, and the human foreheads. There is hair on the human heads and another fringe of cassowary feathers at the open end.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bamboo grass, wood, cassowary feather, pigment, hair, cowrie shell and bark ?
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf353

Five figures representing people around a shrine. Four males and one female are before a two figure shrine on a dais. One figure has his hands on a drum, one is touching the shrine, two are holding objects, and one is simply standing. Cowrie shell in front of shrine. Male figures are wearing short-sleeved shirts over shorts while female is wearing a full-length gown. There are four styles of hats represented while one figure is bareheaded. One figure on the shrine has a cowrie shell on the back of his head while the other has a calabash containing an ancestral face on its head. Heads, arms, legs, and pot are dark brown. The shirts, shorts, and gowns are light yellow-brown. The figures, drum stand, dais, and cowrie shell are all glued to a light brown base. Four hats and the calabash are light red-brown.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
egun thorn, wood, rice adhesive, atum thorn and cowrie shell
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PipeAi6 a-b

Light brown bamboo pipe stem (a) with copper wrapping at end opposite to bowl end. Bamboo segment has string with plastic and ceramic beads, two cowrie shells, and two nuts. The end which fits into the bowl is charred black. Dark brown pipe bowl (b) of right angled stone(?) is carved in a geometric pattern. Three pieces are glued onto top of bowl. The bowl is very fragile.

Culture
Mandari ?
Material
stone, wood, bamboo grass, cowrie shell, nut, glass, brass metal, copper metal and iron metal
Made in
“South Sudan” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerAd51

Long, narrow, gourd container incised with geometric designs and two human figures. Bottom has two plant motifs. Has a leather carrying strap connected to leather and is beaded with cowrie shells on the sewn side where it is tied to the gourd. Leather strap is connected to the lid and to the leather which goes half way up the container on both sides. Each side has four small holes where the leather ties go through to hold the strap.

Culture
Kamba
Material
fibre, glass, cowrie shell, leather skin and calabash fruit
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerCa69 a-b

Large tightly coiled container (part a 28 x 20.7) that has a bulbous shape narrowing at the top and the bottom. Base is rounded, and mouth rim is tightly wrapped. Container is coiled in sixteen sections vertically placed. Cowrie shells are knotted on around the centre and vertically placed. Lid (part b) has two rows of cowrie shells, vertically placed. Top of the lid caves in. Lid fits on well.

Culture
Borana
Material
grass, giraffe hair, cowrie shell and resin ?
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketAd56

A basketry container with a bulbous shape, woven from grass in a tight coiled weave. Has four vertical lines on cowrie shells, four on each line. Handle is grass tightly wrapped. Cap is coiled and connected by a wrapped cord.

Culture
East African
Material
fibre, cowrie shell and grass
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressEe71

Part of a woman’s ornamental headdress (see also Ee70 a-b). The headdress (called the perak) is a long (69 cm), straight, narrow (9 cm tapering to 5.5 cm) strip, shaped like a cobra snake with a broad head and long, narrow tail, made of several layers of stiffened cotton textile or felt that is covered with red cotton textile. The head of the cobra is embellished with irregularly shaped stones that have been stitched to the surface (thirty-three pieces of turquoise and green malachite, along with four pieces of agate, two of which are surrounded by rings of turquoise inlay), and two silver kagu or amulets. The body and tail of the cobra are embellished with three long, vertical rows of white cowrie shells, and there is a small brass bell at the tip of the tail. Permanently hand stitched to the left side of the tail of the perak is a rectangular piece (9.8 cm x 33 cm) of similar design, called the chuti. It is embellished with nine vertical rows of coral beads, accented with lapis and jet beads; at the top of the chuti, there is a rectangular amulet with turquoise inlay and gold leaf. An oval shaped piece of agate in a silver setting is at the base of the chuti. On the underside of the headdress, at about the middle of the tail of the perak, a strip of metallic silver mesh, reinforced by stiff cotton textile, is affixed; there is a small silver hook at one end of the mesh strip and a small brass hook at the other end. (Image shows Ee70 a-b -Ee71.)

Culture
Ladakhi
Material
cotton fibre, adhesive, wool fibre, silver metal, turquoise mineral, malachite mineral, agate mineral, cowrie shell, brass metal, gold metal, coral, jet mineral, lapis lazuli mineral and dye
Made in
Leh, Jammu-Kashmir, India ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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StoolIe421

Carved wood stool covered in dark brown stain. The base and the seat are rectangular with two legs in between. Incised in the edges of the rectangles is a band of repeating squares. Projecting out to the side is a human head with its head up and its neck stretched long. The face has incised lips and nose with cut cowrie shells inlaid for eyes.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
cowrie shell, wood and stain
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DaggerIe355

A dagger with a long, tapered, brown and black bone (human? or cassowary?) blade with a modelled red clay handle in the form of a human head. The face is painted black and white and is inlaid with a cowrie shell for each eye. It has a double headband made of cowrie shells and black curly human hair adhered to the 'head'.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
human hair, cowrie shell, clay and cassowary bone ?
Made in
Korogo, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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