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OrnamentAa21

A loop of stiff brown hide to which a piece of soft dark grey hide is attached. It is split into three strips, each terminating with a cowrie shell. The two pieces are secured together by a binding of leather stitched in place.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
skin and cowrie shell
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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QuiverAa104 a-b

Quiver made of rolled piece of bark (part a), capped at either end with skin. One cap is fixed in place, and one is removable (part b). A doubled loop of strong rawhide is bound to quiver as handle by means of sinew. The centre of the quiver also bound with sinew.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
bark, skin and sinew
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ApronAa144

Strips of hide and strands of red, blue, and yellow trade beads are knotted and suspended from a hide tie.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
steinbok skin, glass and sinew
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagAa140

Two pieces of soft hide neatly sewn on three sides with the raw edges and the flesh side of the hide on the inside. Towards the opening, there is a piece of hide sewn into the seam and divided into four thongs. The other seam has a piece of hide divided into two thongs plus one extra. The top is raw-edged and has holes, some forming loops, and the hide is tied in a knot over the bag opening.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
skin
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shadow PuppetIb277

A carved flat wooden puppet with leather arms. The red face, in profile, has a blunt nose with a large eye that has a red iris. Protruding teeth are in the upper jaw while fangs are extending from both the upper and the lower jaw. Black hair. Headdress with diadem and ear ornament. Polychrome and gold-colouring are dominant throughout the figure which is accented by blue, red, green, and white. Intricate cut-out design on the skirt which is held on by string and wire. Moveable arms are jointed at the shoulders, elbows, and wrists. Sticks are attached to the hands for manipulation.

Culture
Javanese
Material
wood, leather skin, cotton fibre, fibre, paint and metal
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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QuiverAa95

Brown container of a single piece of duiker or steinbok hide, sewn at base and up one side. Top folded over and edged with red beads. Red and yellow beads and fringe of leather thongs decorate one side of quiver. Leather carrying strap sewn on decorated side. Leather of quiver and strap discoloured in places.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
duiker skin ?, steinbok skin ?, sinew, glass and fibre
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BoxAa91 a-c

Red-brown wooden container carved and hollowed (part a). Tapered cylindrical shape, narrower at base than at mouth. Fitted with lid (part b) made from animal hide which has been stitched and dried to assume the shape of the mouth. Round brown coloured nut (?) (part c) inside container.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
wood, skin, sinew and nut ?
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskEh127 a-c

Mask depicting an animal head (a) that is painted black overall with a long snout, a rounded ridge running from the top of the forehead to the tip of the animal's nose, large protruding eyes with black pupils set in red, ovoid sockets. Two black and red ears are inserted into holes in the right (b) and left (c) sides of the head. The animal's long, slightly opened mouth contains 22 white teeth on the upper jaw and 21 on the bottom. A red tongue cut from thin leather extends out the left side of the animal's mouth and has three holes cut in a row near the end.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
leather skin, paint, metal and wood
Made in
Okressa, Sri Lanka ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskEh126

Mask depicting a creature with a red-brown face dotted with white spots, bushy black eyebrows, protruding eyes that look upwards and have black centres surrounded by radiating black lines on white. A vertical ridge between the eyes joins a square snout with round holes for the nostrils. The mouth is wide open to expose white teeth and a wide red leather tongue, which is nailed to bottom of the jaw and protrudes out the front. Two pointy ears either side of the face.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
leather skin, wood, paint and plant fibre
Made in
Galle, Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shadow PuppetIb272

Shadow puppet depicting male figure with handle that splits just below the feet and extends up the body of the puppet on both sides, to the face. Moveable arms, each with a control rod attached. Linear detail of clothing and face perforated through the skin. Red and green songkok, gold-leaf sumping, red face, long eyes upturned, large nose, thin moustache, black tunic and shoes, green and red sarong. Wrists are flexed.

Culture
Javanese
Material
skin, wood, paint and fibre
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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