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Jewelry BoxCh213 a-l

Yellow earthenware jewelry box (part a) in the form of an escritoire, with two long lower drawers (parts b-c), and 9 smaller ones above (parts d-l). Painted with purple-red scenes of buildings and trees in black framed, rectangular, white reserves on upper and lower sides and drawer fronts. Each drawer opens and has a knob handle.

Culture
Slavic
Material
paint, glaze and clay
Made in
Tata, Hungary
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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EarringsAj147 a-b

Pair of plain, round, tin metal earrings with metal hoops attached at tops and covered with material. Part a has leather covering the hoop, and part b has brown-yellow rubber covering the hoop. The small groove in each earring is filled with dirt in some areas.

Culture
Karamojong
Material
tin metal, leather skin and rubber
Made in
Uganda
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Moccasins159

The attached shoe tongue is round.

Culture
Coast Salish: Skokomish
Material
cloth, wool and thread
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Moccasins2448

The attached shoe tongue is rectangular.

Culture
Tlingit: Hutsnuwu
Material
deer skin
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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CaseK2.276

Case composed of two rectangles of cardboard covered in leather and folded against each other. One side of the case contains a mirror on the inside, and both sides are joined with a strip of red leather attached at the top centre of each. A loop is created at the centre of the leather strip by a band of red leather. The outside of the case is painted red with a roughly symmetrical geometric design in carbon ink and the edges of the design are emphasized with indented lines.

Culture
Hausa
Material
leather skin, paper, silver alloy metal ? and glass
Made in
Zaria, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonA3737

Dark brown spoon carved from mountain goat horn; handle carved with several figures.

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
mountain goat horn
Made in
Kispiox, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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QuiverK2.406 a-d

Quiver (part a) with three (parts b-d) arrows. Quiver (part a) is made of goatskin. Arrows (parts b-d) are made of plain wood shafts with tin tips. All of the metal tips of the arrows (parts b-d) have an arrow point. The metal tip of the first (part b) arrow has a long, cylindrical base. The metal tip of the second (part c) arrow has a long, coiled base. The metal tip of the third (part d) arrow has a long, rectangular base. The base of the shafts near the tip ends of the last two (parts c-d) arrows are wrapped with fibre while the first (part b) arrow is unwrapped.

Culture
Mano
Material
goat skin, wood, tin metal and fibre
Made in
Liberia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearK4.249

Spear with pointed spear tip that has a ridge running lengthwise at the centre, and a cylindrical wooden shaft. The butt end of the spear is composed of a tapering ferrule that merges into a four-sided metal end.

Culture
Central African
Material
wood and steel metal
Made in
Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowK4.243

Bow composed of a cylindrical segment of wood that tapers slightly towards the rounded ends where a length of twisted skin thong is tied at a notch in the wood.

Culture
East African
Material
skin and wood
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubK4.215

Club carved from a length of wood, circular in cross-section, that narrows towards the centre and has ends that each taper to a point. One end is decorated with a thick band of incised cross-hatched lines.

Culture
Maasai
Material
wood
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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