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SkirtAj156

Brown, rectangular skin skirt with ties and fringe. The long thin ties have triangular handles attached to the ends. The light tan coloured fringe along the bottom is made from four rectangular pieces attached to the back of the skirt.

Culture
Karamojong
Material
goat skin
Made in
Uganda
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SkirtAj155

Skirt made of an overall trapezoid shape composed of three pieces sewn together with thread made of thin strips of skin. The lower pieces are ovoids with rectangular straps sewn to the sides of the upper piece made from an almost complete hide with tapering straps at the top of each side. The bottom pieces are dark brown, reddish-brown and light brown. The top piece is in lighter, varying shades of brown and off-white, and there is a hole on each side as well as one at the centre. There is one hole on each of the other skins.

Culture
Karamojong
Material
goat skin
Made in
Uganda
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressAj154

Domed headdress made from human hair covered with ridged clay; mainly light purple with two bands of red and orange separated by a large light green area. There is a slightly protruding area with a ring of exposed natural hair at its base. The protruding area is covered in six roughly triangular red, orange and green shapes separated by red and light purple lines. The inside is human hair held in place by a cord. There are 13 holes fitted with rusty iron springs and three segments of iron chain at the back of the headdress.

Culture
Karamojong
Material
clay, pigment, hair, iron metal and fibre
Made in
Uganda
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HornAj153

Animal horn with side opening. A dark brown horn which swirls from a larger hollow base to a darker pointed end which has a hole. Smoothly finished except at the base.

Culture
Karamojong
Material
eland horn
Made in
Uganda
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerAj140

Cylindrical container with zebra fur, and skin covering which is tightly secured with wound zebra leather from end to end. Leather braided, and tied tightly to end. Whole container curves slightly.

Culture
Karamojong
Material
wood and zebra skin
Made in
Uganda
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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EggCh26

Easter egg with brown ground and seven petalled flowers on each end; cross-hatched with yellow and white with a green centre dot. Flowers are surrounded with red dots, red wave-like band, seven petalled flowers cross-hatched with yellow and white in a band at centre with a band of red and yellow with alternating cross-hatched diamonds on either side of centre. Egg is hollow and fragile. There is a hole at one end.

Culture
Hutsul
Material
dye and egg
Made in
Ukraine
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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EggCh25

Easter egg with black ground; each lengthwise half of egg has a design of 5 oak leaves in orange and white with parallel hatching arranged to create an oak leaf. A length of pine bough is hachured in centre. Round dots in red, yellow and orange. The egg is hollow and fragile. There is a hole at one end.

Culture
Hutsul
Material
egg and dye
Made in
Ukraine
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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EggCh24

Easter eggs with red/brown background almost entirely covered with design in orange, yellows, white, and green. Design top to bottom is swirling stars, a floral band at centre, dotted design, 4 pointed figures, row of diamonds, row of white flowers in diamond band and swirling star design. Egg is hollow and fragile. There is a hole in one end.

Culture
Hutsul
Material
egg and dye
Made in
Ukraine
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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EggCh23

Easter egg with red-brown background and design of two crosses overlaid to form asterisks. One is crosshatched in yellow and the other in white. There is one on each side. At the ends of the crosses' arms are two hooked lines. The egg is hollow and fragile. There is a small hole at one end.

Culture
Hutsul
Material
egg and dye
Made in
Ukraine
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerAj113

Large, heavy container of dark wood. Circular shape with three hoops of wood rounded on the outside: two lower on the bottom and one on the upper part under the lid area. Lid is leather with two loops at the side pierced and connected to a hoop with a strip of leather. Leather carrying strap is also connected to a wood hoop. Some red-brown hair is still on the hide.

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