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Cape2790/8

Long beadwork panel worn down the back like a cape. Letter-like motifs of blue, green, pink, black and yellow beads are spaced horizontally on either side of a stylized house design in the centre of the white beaded background. Each short end is trimmed with a string of coloured beads, one long edge (top of letters) seems unfinished and uneven, and the other has a border of white and blue crochet-like beading dotted with single blue beads.

Culture
Ndebele
Material
cotton fibre and glass
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Apron2790/6

Canvas apron with beadwork decoration in blue, white, pink, green, yellow and black. A backing of plain canvas, beaded to the front piece at the sides and with the top edge left open to insert a square of brown cardboard for stiffening support, has large stitches of brown and green thread across the top edge. Canvas is rolled and stitched at the top edge to create a waist band.

Culture
Ndebele
Material
paper, cotton fibre and glass ?
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Beaded Bracelet2790/18

Heavy ring-shaped bracelet made of coiled rope or grass fibres around which are tightly wound, on a slight diagonal, strings of plastic beads in a pattern of solid blue divided by seven bands of alternating black and white. Beads are imbedded in a layer of reddish clay.

Culture
Ndebele
Material
clay ?, grass ?, plastic and cotton fibre
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Apron2790/7

Beaded hide apron with straight top and five scalloped panels hanging along the bottom. A blackened flap of skin at the waist is folded over a stiffer tie (skin or fibre?), stitched and coiled with multicoloured beads, and edged with a row of brass rings above which is stitched a band of white beadwork. A blue bead trim runs around the edge of the thick horizontal and vertical bands of beads that form a white ground with a green, pink, blue. black, orange, purple and yellow house design in the centre and coloured motifs in each of the panels.

Culture
Ndebele
Material
cotton fibre, animal skin and glass
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Apron2790/9

Apron made of numerous double strings of red, blue and white beads hanging between two knots in a piece of rope.

Culture
Ndebele
Material
glass and cotton fibre
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Apron2790/5

Square beaded hide apron with brass metal rings along edge of flap at waist and two long ties. Beadwork designs in white, red, blue, green and black include patterns in the shape of a capital "I "and "H", a tall cross, and a long, low house. A central bottom fringe, made of twisted bundles of four skin strips encased together at the ends in beadwork tubes, hangs between two panels.

Culture
Ndebele
Material
glass, animal skin, metal and cotton fibre
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fertility Spoon2790/26

Large carved yellow wood spoon with a handle split into two branches that cross just above spoon and near top end, leaving an oval space between. The ends of the wood at the bottom crossing are blackened.

Culture
African
Material
wood
Made in
Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Container2790/25

Small round basketry-covered gourd container with round opening and a thin twined string handle.

Culture
African
Material
gourd fruit and palm fibre ?
Made in
Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2790/24

Thin, elongated, blackened figure wearing a stack of brass neck rings. The bent arms are close to the body and there is a hole through the raised hands. The small square base is made from a different type of wood.

Culture
East African
Material
stain, wood and metal
Made in
East Africa, Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cloth2790/22

Almost square cloth of cropped woven raffia in a pattern of yellow and brown diamond shapes, with a fringe all around edges.

Culture
Kuba
Material
palm leaf fibre and dye
Made in
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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