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WhiskK4.252

Hemp leaves have been beaten to obtain the long hemp fibres which are attached to a long cylindrical dark brown wood handle.

Culture
Central African
Material
wood and hemp fibre
Made in
Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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GogglesA2.298

Curved goggles carved from a single piece of wood, contoured to fit the face. A long, narrow eye slit runs horizontally through the centre of the goggles. A semicircular indentation is carved in the back to accommodate the bridge of the nose. A thin cord is attached on each goggle side.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
fibre and wood
Made in
Bathurst Inlet, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketK4.333

A large coiled circular basket with the sides flaring upward. The main design is blue-green and orange on a natural coloured background consisting of a possible representation of two "trees", four triangles, and two geometrical figures. Each like representational design component is opposite one another. The centre bottom is dark and of another fibre. The rim has a design which consists of orange crosses with natural coloured middles on a natural coloured background. Stands on its circular foot pedestal.

Culture
Ovimbundu
Material
plant fibre
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatK4.332

Flat, circular woven mat, or tray, made in a coiled technique. The background is natural colour designs in brown and orange. Designs on mat are of two people joined by "hand" above a house type of structure, and next to a figure resembling animal head. Brown outer edge.

Culture
Southern African
Material
plant fibre
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureK4.327

Model figure with brightly painted white, brown, blue, pink horizontal stripes around body. White pleated skirt, feet and hands. Head without facial features and a protruding area at the chin. Plume-like carved headpiece. Vegetable fibre rope running from left hand, over left shoulder behind head and up to right side of head. Black base. "Sacalumbo" written under base.

Culture
Mbunda
Material
plant fibre, wood and paint
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowK4.218 a-d

Set of three arrows, each with a steel point lashed to hardwood shaft with thong and fletched with eight to ten vanes of dark brown feather: a) has a pointed, leaf-shaped blade; b) has a blade that flares outwards at the sides and is arched at the top; c) has arched sides that curve inwards slightly near the top and come to a point. (Part d is missing.)

Culture
Southern African
Material
steel metal, wood, feather, fibre and resin ?
Made in
Zambia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketK4.155

Dish-shaped basket with sides that flare upward and a round base. Design consists of two horizontal rows of brown downward pointing triangles in four equally spaced double-pairs surrounded by horizontal dark brown bands on a natural brown background. Dish has a short foot at the base.

Culture
Southern African
Material
plant fibre
Made in
Zambia
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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NecklaceK4.148

White beads and half of a large kaoke pear strung on thread.

Culture
Southern African
Material
fibre, kaoke pear fruit and glass
Made in
Zambia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceK4.147

Half of a kaoke pear with a few white beads and a grass ring strung on thread.

Culture
Southern African
Material
grass, fibre, glass and kaoke pear fruit
Made in
Zambia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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