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GameK4.89

Game board (weso) consisting of a rectangular tray (eznyeso) of thirty-two squares half an inch deep (amasa). Tray rims are incised with a grid pattern. Peg at one end of the tray. There are sixty-two seeds used as counters (empiki) in an orange cloth bag which has a brown cloth drawstring. On the back of the tray, there is an explanatory paper about the game of Mweso which is played in Africa by the Bantu.

Culture
Ganda
Material
wood and seed
Made in
Uganda
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArmbandK4.87

Curved armband with an open centre. Cord loop attached.

Culture
Shilluk ?
Material
ivory
Made in
“South Sudan ?” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SwordK4.269 a-b

Sword (a) with sheath (b); wooden sheath with a series of ridges down one side and a round flat base. The entire sheath is covered with black leather sewn up the back. Roughly hammered blade with reptile skin-covered grip decorated with brass tacks. Elaborate pattern of metal strips and bosses complete handle.

Culture
Luba
Material
leather skin, metal and skin
Made in
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatK4.177

Rectangular woven mat with fringed ends. The mat was twisted and woven on a simple handloom. There is a seam up the centre. It has a black interlocking diamond pattern on a natural background. There is a fine, natural and black leaf fringe on both ends. There is an added thick natural leaf fringe on one end.

Culture
West African ?
Material
palm leaf
Made in
West Africa, Africa ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bark ClothK4.174

Large piece of pounded bark cloth; almost square.

Culture
Ganda
Material
bark
Made in
Uganda
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PotK4.64

A deep cylindrical pot with horizontal leaf bands, possibly palm leaf, connected to each other with vertical bands of braided bark? The bottom of the pot is rounded with a herring-bone-like weave. The pot appears to have been plastered with a mixture of fibre or hair and reddish clay. Simple design on the three legs of two horizontal wide-grooved bands around the top.

Culture
East African
Material
bark, wood and palm leaf
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleK4.63

Series of reeds lashed together with braided grass in three places, one on each side and one series of stitching down the middle. Seeds are inside and make noise when object is moved.

Culture
Tonga
Material
seed, reed grass and fibre
Made in
Zambia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeadrestK4.57

Plain brown wood headrest with two rounded rectangular feet, each of which has a cylindrical stem, and a thin concave rectangular rest on top. Three holes along the upper part and three holes along the bottom part.

Culture
Bari ?
Material
wood
Made in
“South Sudan ?” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentK4.55

Plain hollow cylindrical piece, except for two sets of initials, perhaps added later "AHS" and "CMS".

Culture
East African
Material
ivory
Made in
East Africa, Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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EarspoolK4.49

Two plain brown wood cylindrical ear plugs, each with a hole drilled through the centre, and attached to one another with skin.

Culture
Kikuyu
Material
wood, bark and skin
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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