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Gold Weight3600/22

Small rectangular gold weight with geometric design. Geometric design cutout of top layer with thin rectangular backing. Mirrored u-shape with line through centre flanked by teeth-like design on sides with six rectangular notches cutout leaving seven raised lines.

Culture
Akan
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold Weight3600/20

Small square gold weight with geometric design. Each side edge has five rectangular notches. Extending across the surface are lines of repeating indented crescent shapes.

Culture
Akan
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold Weight3600/18

Fish gold weight. Small flat fish with imprinted circles all over the body, and small circular raised eyes. The mouth is a small notch. The large dorsal fin and small pectoral fin are both marked with angled lines, and the tail fin has three raised lines - one down the centre, and one down the top and bottom.

Culture
Akan
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold Weight3600/16

Small figurative gold weight of a bird. The bird's body is formed with two loops, one slipped over the other, to create a knot. The head is at the other end of one loop, and the tail opposite the end of the other loop. The bird has a long neck with a comb on top of its head. The tail is flat and triangular, angled upwards, and marked with concentric triangles. The bird stands on a thin rectangular base.

Culture
Akan
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold Weight3600/15

Small gold weight of a bird with its elongated neck curved so that its beak touches its back, just above the raised tail feathers. The eyes and wings are concentric circles. The upward angled tail has small notches along the end. The bird stands on a square stepped pedestal, with triangular notches at the centre of each side of the bottom two steps.

Culture
Akan
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold Weight3600/14

Small gold weight of a pair of birds facing one another, with their beaks side by side. The birds both have combs on their heads, four raised dotted lines around their bodies, and flat triangular tails marked with cross-hatched lines. They rest on a shared perch that is mounted on a single post at centre, which attaches to a stepped square pedestal.

Culture
Akan
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sandals3600/10 a-b

Pair of leather and rubber sandals with ankle and toe loop straps; straps threaded through cuts in insoles and nailed down. Soles are flat, rounded at toes and heels; “X”’s incised along edges of rounded sections of insoles. Straps are beige leather and have patterned bands across surfaces. Patterns consist of: triangles and zigzags, thin and thick stripes, checkered bands, and diagonal stripes. Designs done in dark blue, gold, white, dark red, and green.

Culture
Ghanaian
Material
leather skin, rubber, fibre, metal and dye
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Amulet Necklace3596/3

Silver amulet holder necklace or head ornament; decorated with circular and triangular gold plates and carnelians throughout. Main pendant consists of a hollow rectangle-like tube with a triangle on top. Tube has cylindrical protrusions on either side and strands of bells hanging along the bottom edge; triangle topped with a pronged finial. Similar prong shapes on either side of triangle with rings along top edge, for necklace chain to hook to. Chain has six decorative charms; three on either side. Four carnelians sit in raised bezels on main pendant and one on each charm. Gold plates are decorated with floral, linear, and dot motifs; designs are stamped on. Back of amulet is undecorated.

Culture
Turkmen
Material
silver metal, gold metal and carnelian mineral
Made in
Afghanistan ? or Turkmenistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Knife3577/17 a-b

Long dagger (part a) with leather sheath (part b). Dagger has a long curved blade and a wooden handle. The handle is wrapped with thin brass-coloured wire, with silver-coloured buttons inserted. The pommel ends with a small wooden bowl. The double-edged blade is shaped like an asymmetrical leaf. The sheath (part b) is made of wood wrapped in leather, which is stitched along a centre seam. The sheath has a belt with a circular metal buckle.

Culture
Ethiopian
Material
steel metal ?, skin, wood and brass metal ?
Made in
Ethiopia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shield3577/15

Round red fabric and metal shield. Domed form covered with red velvet and thin metal plaques of open form scrolling that are attached with domed pins. There are two horizontal bands of metal, with repeating gourd-shaped pieces attached between, connecting the two bands. The rim has repeating rectangular strips of metal spaced around it. At the centre of the dome, is a circular metal piece, with a projecting part at centre that has been bent inwards. Between the centre and first band are rectangular and circular pieces of metal attached in pairs. The reverse is lined with light orange fabric with hard U-shaped hand grip at centre.

Culture
Ethiopian
Material
metal and fibre
Made in
Ethiopia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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