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ArrowAa109

Arrow with slender reed shaft, notched at end to fit bowstring and bound at either end with sinew. A point made of gemsbok horn is inserted in the socket at the end of the reed.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
reed grass, fibre and wood
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowAa108

Arrow with slender reed shaft, notched at end to fit bowstring and bound at either end with sinew. A point made of gemsbok horn is inserted in the socket at the end of the reed.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
reed grass, fibre and wood
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowAa107

Arrow with slender reed shaft, notched at end to fit bowstring and bound at either end with sinew. A point made of gemsbok horn is inserted in the socket at the end of the reed.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
reed grass, fibre and wood
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowAa106

Arrow with slender reed shaft, notched at end to fit bowstring and bound at either end with sinew. A point made of gemsbok horn is inserted in the socket at the end of the reed.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
reed grass, fibre and wood
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowAa103

Composed of two sections: tan reed shaft shaped at one end to fit bowstring, hollowed at other to hold black wood section. Reed shaft bound with fibre at hollowed end; black shaft, pointed at both ends, also wound with fibre.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
reed grass, fibre and wood
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowAa102

Composed of two sections: tan reed shaft shaped at one end to fit bowstring, hollowed at other to hold black wood section. Reed shaft bound with fibre at hollowed end; black shaft, pointed at both ends, also wound with fibre.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
reed grass, fibre and wood
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LoomEdz904

A backstrap loom with a partially finished 'patterned band' of red, yellow, green, and white cotton thread, and green synthetic thread tassels. Shed stick is a piece of bamboo 11.5 cm. long with a 1.5 cm. diameter. Bar heddle is formed by loops of white thread knotted together with a piece of grass. Warp is continuous (circular).

Culture
Chinese: Hakka
Material
bamboo grass, grass, cotton fibre and synthetic fibre
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatEdz902

Round hat with a flat brim that curves down at the edge. The crown is raised and flat on top. Formed of layers of bamboo leaves, enclosed inside and outside by rattan in open hexagonal weave. Top of crown covered in light coloured rattan in a woven pattern. The brim is finished with a double rim of split bamboo, lashed on with woven rattan. Inside the crown is a square of pink paper. The hat is varnished on the outside.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
bamboo leaf, paper, rattan, bamboo grass and lacquer
Made in
Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowAa101

Composed of two sections: tan reed shaft shaped at one end to fit bowstring, hollowed at other to hold black wood section. Reed shaft bound with fibre at hollowed end; black shaft, pointed at both ends, also wound with fibre.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
reed grass, fibre and wood
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowAa100

Composed of two sections: tan reed shaft shaped at one end to fit bowstring, hollowed at other to hold black wood section. Reed shaft bound with fibre at hollowed end; black shaft, pointed at both ends, also wound with fibre.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
reed grass, fibre and wood
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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