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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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Rod PuppetIb308

Three-dimensional, wooden, male humanoid puppet. Figure has a wooden body (part a), with wooden, carved head (part b), and pointed rod (part c). White face with black facial details below eyes and near eyebrows. Red lips. Slit shaped eyes and forward bending face. Black, upswept hair with gold, white and red headdress and ear ornaments. Bronze coloured body; moveable jointed arms with sticks attached to hands. Brown cloth yoke with red satin (?) fringe. Red and white wrist and upper arm bracelets. White waistband with two blue circles. Rough unpainted wooden handle extending through body to head.

Culture
Sundanese
Material
wood, cotton fibre, paint and synthetic fibre
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rod PuppetIb307

Three-dimensional wooden male humanoid puppet. Wooden body (part a); arms and jointed legs attached with small nails. Left hand damaged. Body covered with light brown over-cape with black collar and silver bead. Arms covered with tied on black material. Green and light brown floral patterned skirt. Legs covered with tied on grey material with red cuffs. Carved head (part b), and pointed rod (part c); red face mask, with black and white detail. Prominent white front tooth. Smooth black shoulder length hair. Rod is pointed to a tapered end.

Culture
Sundanese
Material
wood, cotton fibre, paint and synthetic fibre
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rod PuppetIb306

Three-dimensional wooden humanoid male puppet. Wooden body (part a) with a carved head (part b), and pointed rod (part c). Face is red with a heavy black moustache, and protruding white teeth. There are white irises in eyes, and black pupils. There is a green headdress with red dots and bun at back. The wooden body has red moveable arms. There is a light brown, long-sleeved v-neck blouse with dark blue collar, painted black neck detail, and sash. Blouse is close-fitting, soiled and mended. Batik skirt of blue, purple, red, light brown, and yellow.

Culture
Sundanese
Material
wood, cotton fibre, synthetic fibre ? and paint
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureEg142

Hollow bird mounted on a rectangular base. Bird has fluted and incised feathers. There is a comb on its head and tail in flame-like shape. Holds large feather(?) or piece of foliage that curves down in beak. Jewellery around neck.

Culture
South India
Material
brass metal and wood
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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