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BasketA17197 a-b

Circular basket with flaring sides (a) and wooden mold (b); mould is sold brown wood with a knob-like handle in the centre. Ten multicoloured figurative images woven into swamp grass. Crossed cedar bark in centre of bottom.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
wood, swamp grass, cedar bark and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model DrumA2.240

Miniature drum; circular, open on bottom, frame secured with copper rivets. Projecting piece at one side resembles a walrus head with one tusk.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, bone ? and copper metal
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureE218

Female figure with dark finish. Has never had arms. Flattened head, triangular nose, round eyes, compressed mouth, pointed breasts, wide rounded hips, and legs with rectangular feet.

Culture
Quiche
Material
wood
Made in
Nebaj, Quiche, Guatemala ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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StaffK4.273

Staff with five sided, flat-topped head. Each side of the head is carved in a series of geometric designs, deeply incised.

Culture
Southern African
Material
wood
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatK4.272

Skull cap of woven rope-like fibre at the top centre with short lengths of stick sewn around the rim in overlapping rows. Covered in red ochre powder.

Culture
Chokwe
Material
wood, plant fibre and ochre pigment
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Stringed Musical InstrumentK4.265

Lyre-like instrument. Wood bowl sound chamber covered with snake or lizard skin. Triangular wood frame of two sticks flaring outward from the sound chamber with another stick across to connect them and across which, there are three strings are wound around along with goat hair and strings of multi-coloured beads. (Something loose is inside the sound chamber.)

Culture
East African
Material
goat skin, goat hair, metal ?, glass, snake skin and wood
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LyreK4.264

Carved rounded oval wooden sound chamber covered with snakeskin and secured by twisted goatskin strings. Triangular wood frame of two sticks flaring outward from the sound chamber with another stick across to connect them and across which, there are four strings are wound around.

Culture
East African
Material
lizard skin ?, wood, goat skin and snake skin ?
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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StoolK4.261

Stool with a round, flat top and three legs. Incised patterns on legs and around seat. Top of each leg carved with human faces. Black on tan colouring.

Culture
Central African
Material
wood and stain ?
Made in
Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearK4.259

Spear with four-sided spear tip that merges into a tang that is twisted and finally into a conical ferrule. The butt end of the cylindrical shaft is a cylindrical piece of metal with a slightly protruding circle of silvery metal on the very end.

Culture
West African
Material
wood and steel metal
Made in
Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpatulaK4.165

A wood piece that has a flat rounded blade and a cylindrical handle which tapers to a point at the other end. Simple burned decoration on the blade and the handle.

Culture
Southern African
Material
wood
Made in
Zambia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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