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OrnamentAa160

Circular band wrapped with copper beads spaced 0.25 cm. apart around the total circumference. Black wrapped giraffe hair is visible coiled underneath.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
leather skin, copper metal and hair
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentAa159

Circular band wrapped with copper beads spaced 0.25 cm. apart around the total circumference. Black wrapped giraffe hair is visible coiled underneath.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
leather skin, copper metal and hair
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SkirtC620

Grass skirt with a fringe made of numerous thin strips of red sennit and grass knotted onto waistband. There is a small knotted tie on one of the ends.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
grass and sennit fibre
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WigC623

A wig with the hair secured by being knotted into a woven grass cap. Hair is brown with short curls overall.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
grass and human hair
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanC921

A fan with a reniform leaf shape and a handle that lies parallel to the fan's flat side. The fan has radiating folds, and the leaf with stalk attached is trimmed and decorated with strips of knotted leaf and small patches of red and blue-black.

Culture
Fijian
Material
palm leaf and fibre
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketAa13 a-b

Basket (part a) of truncated conical shape with a knobbed lid (part b). Coiled body of basket overlaid with vertical strips of yellow, and brown reed. Mid-section of basket is divided into three by narrow bands of reed. The lid is light brown reed with dark brown reed incorporated in the knob at the top. Each end of the narrow leather handle has been pulled through top of basket and knotted on the inside. The basket contains a number of loose small white beads.

Culture
Southern African
Material
reed grass and leather skin
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressAa8

Brown leather base set with numerous twisted sisal fibre and trade items of grey chains, grey keys, and multi-coloured beads in strands of white; red; green, red, and blue; and red and yellow.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
metal, glass, sisal fibre and leather skin
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ApronAa4

Light hide apron with a fringe and multicoloured beads. The upper corners extend outwards and have thin hide ties attached on the backside. A darker, fringed piece of hide is sewn down the centre. Amongst the fringe are bunches of multicoloured beads, one in the centre and one on the bottom edge. The bottom edge is scalloped.

Culture
Yeyi
Material
ostrich egg, impala skin, glass and sinew
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketIa45

Wide, round, square-based basket with bamboo rim and foot. The rim is attached with lashed and knotted fibre; foot is pierced at intervals with fibre lashings. Exterior has linear geometric patterns in black-brown and natural; bottom has a pattern of alternating black-brown and natural concentric squares.

Culture
Philippines
Material
bamboo grass, rattan and stain ?
Made in
Luzon, Philippines
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskEh30

Mask representing a male humanoid face with movable eyeballs, ovoid in shape, that are wired into open sockets. Nose with rounded tip and flared nostrils. Very wide mouth extending to small ears. Hinged lower jaw with a protruding lower lip. Grey string beard and moustache. Black cloth behind mouth opening. The Mask is pink with black lines on the forehead, and red and white lines on the brows, cheeks, and nostrils. The bridge and tip of the nose are painted yellow.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
wood, copper metal, hemp fibre and cotton fibre
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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