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BellAc223

Long narrow u-shaped bell carved from a single piece of wood, and roughly adzed. Narrow rectangular opening on the bottom. Two round holes on top where the fibre string passes through, and from which two cylindrical clappers hang. String tied in two knots, one at each hole on the outside forming a large loop for hanging.

Culture
Kasai
Material
wood and fibre
Made in
Kasai, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressSa231

Headdress composed of a woven band, solid red at the centre with white warps visible at very few places along its length. On either end are matching bands of multicoloured design. The multicoloured designs consist of: six-pointed stars, a nine-stepped design, stylized animals and birds, chevrons, frontal figures, triangles, and arrows separated by solid, narrow bands of dark purple, green, dark blue or blue. Finished with bunched pink, magenta and mottled grey tassels of numerous ply (spin relaxed), knotted with one band of yarn.

Culture
Tzutuhil
Material
cotton fibre, cellulose ?, synthetic fibre and dye
Made in
Santiago Atitlan, Solola, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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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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Snuff ContainerAj141

Necklace with a horn container. Lower portion is rough with large chips and upper portion is smooth, lighter yellow with a small, dirty piece of cloth for a plug. Large loop of copper attaches chain to horn; chain is also copper.

Culture
Karamojong
Material
wart hog horn, copper metal, iron metal and cotton fibre
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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Model Bed FrameAc217 a-b

Miniature bedstead (part a) of seven long flat half reeds. Nine horizontal round sticks hold the top of the reeds with bamboo strips in four places (coiled). Four sticks form sides, of which the bed rests on three, resulting in a slant, the direction of which slant is determined by which leg it is resting on. Mat (part b) rests on the bed. Mat plait is twilled with wrapped, and coiled borders.

Culture
Kasai
Material
wood, stem ?, fibre, bamboo grass, grass and palm leaf ?
Made in
Kasai, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArmbandIe429

A wide flat armband with a bark base and tied with white fibre on one side. Woven with thin brown and yellow thin strips of bamboo with diamond-shaped, checkered, and zigzag designs around the band. The inner part has only vertical strips of thin brown bamboo.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bamboo grass, fibre and bark
Made in
Mogulu, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PipeAi6 a-b

Light brown bamboo pipe stem (a) with copper wrapping at end opposite to bowl end. Bamboo segment has string with plastic and ceramic beads, two cowrie shells, and two nuts. The end which fits into the bowl is charred black. Dark brown pipe bowl (b) of right angled stone(?) is carved in a geometric pattern. Three pieces are glued onto top of bowl. The bowl is very fragile.

Culture
Mandari ?
Material
stone, wood, bamboo grass, cowrie shell, nut, glass, brass metal, copper metal and iron metal
Made in
“South Sudan” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BellAj151

Trapezoidal metal cow bell with metal clapper constructed of one folded piece of vertically folded metal. The side edges are pressed flat while the open end is circular. The clapper has a tear drop shape with the narrow end curving to form an attaching eye. The clapper is attached with two strands of five-ply twisted fibre through holes drilled 1.5 cm. from the top (front and back).

Culture
Karamojong
Material
iron metal and fibre
Made in
Uganda
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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