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ArrowK5.123

Arrow with a tapering point shaped from dark brown hardwood that has been inserted into a long reed shaft. Woven grass ? ring secures point at top of shaft.

Culture
Zulu
Material
reed grass, pigment, wood and grass ?
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowK5.119

Arrow with a tapering point shaped from dark brown hardwood that has been inserted into a long reed shaft. Woven grass ? ring secures point at top of shaft.

Culture
Zulu
Material
reed grass, wood, pigment and grass ?
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowK5.115

Arrow with a tapering point shaped from dark brown hardwood that has been inserted into a long reed shaft. Woven grass ? ring secures point at top of shaft. There is a notch cut into the reed 2/6 of the way down from the top of the shaft.

Culture
Zulu
Material
reed grass, pigment and wood
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowK5.112

Arrow with a tapering point shaped from dark brown hardwood that has been inserted into a long reed shaft. Woven grass ? ring secures point at top of shaft.

Culture
Zulu
Material
wood, pigment, reed grass and grass ?
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowK4.248

Arrow with metal head that has curved sides, a pointed tip, and a short twisted shaft that has been bound with stem ? to the long wooden shaft. Several dark brown feathers have been bound with stem ? near the end of the wooden shaft, and the very end has been wrapped with stem ? and is notched.

Culture
Barotse
Material
feather, wood, stem ? and iron metal
Made in
Zimbabwe
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearK5.129

Spear with iron spearhead that has a very short shaft, curved sides, a pointed tip, and a centre ridge. The spearhead end is bound to the wooden shaft with leather, sinew or hide strips near the top of the shaft.

Culture
Zulu
Material
skin, sinew, wood, iron metal and metal
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearK5.159

Spear with triangular spearhead that has a short cylindrical shaft with two raised bands at the top. The spear is secured to the long wooden shaft with woven stem ? decorated with horse hair that points towards the end of the shaft. The wooden shaft has been painted black.

Culture
Zulu
Material
wood, iron metal, horse hair fibre, stem ? and paint
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gorget1590/259

Circular convex gorget with zigzag circle on outer edge. Two holes on upper quarter and a fisher engraved in centre.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
silver alloy metal
Made in
Maple Rapids, Michigan, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hat1044/2

A woman's hat made from a woven straw base that has been coated with gesso and formed into a boat shape by bending the brim down at each side. Brim is covered with black velvet, and cotton fabric. Crown is decorated with pleated embroidered red, green, black, and gold-coloured ribbon. Heavy threads attached to the underside of the crown to secure to the head.

Culture
Swiss
Material
grass, cotton fibre, rayon fibre, metal, dye and gesso
Made in
La Sage, Switzerland
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bridegroom's Robe2503/1 a

A robe (part a) of dark blue silk gauze fully lined with the same material in light blue. Robe opens at the right front side with the left front panel overlapping the right-hand panel secured at the top with a single toggle, below which, there are wide ties, two of each colour, attached to each panel. The neck is round with a white insert that is higher at the back. The robe is formed of slightly flared panels and has an inverted pleat at each side, above which, there is a belt loop on the right side and a tie to hold the belt on the left. The wide sleeves are rounded at the front and the back bottom edges and have interfacings at the openings to reinforce them. At the upper centre front and back of the robe, there are sewn rectangular embroidered cloth badges, each of which has a white crane in the centre with stylized red, pink, purple, green cloud forms above, and rock forms below on a black background. The back of the badge is lined with paper pasted in place.

Culture
Korean
Material
silk fibre, dye, paper, paste adhesive, skin, bamboo grass, iron metal and metal
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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