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BottleK2.283

Skin bottle with bulbous base and long tubular lid. Leather straps are attached to the sides and extend to the top of the tubular lid to form a looped strap. Black zigzag line painted on the side of the lid. Green band at the top of the lid.

Culture
Hausa
Material
skin, leather skin, fibre and dye
Made in
Zaria, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bracelet2637/1

Engraved silver bracelet with various U-shape and ovoid designs. Centre front of bracelet has circular design. Right end of bracelet has eye design and left end has circular design.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
silver metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagK2.282

Bag composed of a pouch that fits into a cover. The pouch has three leather tassels at the bottom and a front flap, and it has a leather strap attached at the top corners that feeds through the top corners of the cover. The leather is dyed red and green and painted with linear designs in black ink.

Culture
Hausa
Material
goat skin, dye and ink
Made in
Zaria, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ScissorsK2.281

Pair of metal scissors with tapered and pointed blade edges and curled circular pieces that loop around to form handles. Small metal pin as hinge.

Culture
Hausa
Material
tin metal ?
Made in
Zaria, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TweezersK2.279

Twisters with one long pointed handle and two pronged tweezer ends. Ends are squared off.

Culture
Hausa
Material
tin metal
Made in
Zaria, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ScissorsK2.277

Pair of metal scissors with long tapered and pointed blade edges and curled circular pieces that loop around to form handles. Small metal pin as hinge.

Culture
Hausa
Material
tin metal ?
Made in
Zaria, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RopeK2.275

Rope composed of twined dun palm leaf.

Culture
Hausa
Material
dun palm leaf
Made in
Zaria, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagK2.274

Bag composed of two pockets with rounded sides and a flat top. Two pieces of leather extend up beyond the top of the bag to form the base for a handle of twined leather. The leather is dyed red and painted with black carbon ink in geometric patterns. There are four rings of leather in red, green and yellow securing the bases of the handle.

Culture
Hausa
Material
leather skin, dye and ink
Made in
Zaria, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SickleK2.273

Sickle with a curved blade that attaches to the rough wooden handle with a ferrule and secured via a spike bent into a hole in the handle. The handle is still covered in bark in some areas, and is roughly circular in cross-section.

Culture
Hausa
Material
wood and metal
Made in
Zaria, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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KnifeK2.272

Jack-knife with a forged blade that has a straight cutting edge and a tip that tapers at an angle. The blade is hinged to the wooden handle, which is oval in cross-section, with a metal ferrule.

Culture
Hausa
Material
wood and metal
Made in
Zaria, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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