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MedicineAa128

Medium brown pitted root, roughly severed at both ends.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
root
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MedicineAa127

Coiled and bound length of root. Bark is dark brown and exposed areas are light brown. Vegetable fibre binding is in medium brown.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
root
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SandalsAa123 a-b

Pair of flat leather soles (parts a and b). Both have punctured holes on either side of the heels, and one each placed between the toes. Leather thongs are inserted in each hole, cross-knotted on the underside of sole and knotted at the heel.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
eland skin
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shadow PuppetIb271

Humanoid shadow puppet figure with handle extending down from feet and split on either side, attached with string. Skin is perforated to hilight linear detail. Head in profile and body in three-quarter view, standing on one foot with other knee raised. Arms oriented with elbows out and hands held with fingers loosely curled, palms up in front of chest. Head is green, large, and round with upturned eyes. Tusks on top and bottom at outer corner of mouth; one large tusk at front. Mouth is red; tusks white, fleshy nose. Body is tan with black perforated lines marking legs, genitals, protruding stomach.

Culture
Javanese
Material
skin, wood, paint and fibre
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SinewAa122

Two lengths of soft sinew coiled in a circle.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
sinew
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arrowhead ? MaterialAa121

Solid rod of iron, slightly undulating.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
iron metal
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arrow PointAa120

Metal rod flattened at one end to form a double barbed point. Edges are sharpened and the tip is rounded.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
metal
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PipeAa85

Dark brown hollow bone with incised linear design on wider end, rubbed with fat and ash for emphasis.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
bone, fat and ash
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RootAa83

Pounded light rust-coloured fibrous root, frayed at one end, where the pith is exposed.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
root
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TinderAa82

Small piece of dried, splintered wood. Pith is light in colour, bark is slightly darker.

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