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Basket3643/5

Shallow, circular husking basket woven from plant fibre; done with herringbone twill weave. Rim formed with two wood coils, wrapped in plant fibre; main body of basket secured between coils. Plant fibre wrappings dyed(?) a dark brown. Additional external and internal coils, undecorated, are underneath the wood rim, for reinforcement; held to rim with twisted cords. Body of basket is golden brown, coils are grey-brown.

Culture
East African
Material
plant fibre, wood and dye ?
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3643/7

Shallow, circular husking basket woven from plant fibre; done with herringbone twill weave. Rim formed with two wood coils, wrapped in same plant fibre as basket; main body of basket secured between coils. Sections of plant fibre wrap are darker than rest, forming a light striped pattern around opening of basket. Entire basket is naturally coloured a light yellow. Small metal loop is threaded through bottom edge.

Culture
East African
Material
plant fibre, wood and metal
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket3643/6

Shallow, circular husking basket woven from plant fibre; done with herringbone twill weave. Rim formed with two wood coils, wrapped in plant fibre; main body of basket secured between coils. Plant fibre wrappings dyed(?) a dark brown. Additional external and internal coils, undecorated, are underneath the wood rim, for reinforcement; held to rim with twisted cords. Body of basket is golden brown; internal coils are coloured red-brown, exterior coils are grey-brown.

Culture
East African
Material
plant fibre, wood and dye ?
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Beer Strainer3643/4

Woven beer (pombe) strainer; done in a herringbone twill weave from plant fibre. Strainer has an elongated cone shape, that closes with a tail of loose fibre. Opening is folded over, forming a thick band; weave is tighter at bottom edge and loose ends protrude outward, like fringe. Tail of strainer has two woven bands to secure strands together; small braided loop extends from both bands.

Culture
East African
Material
plant fibre
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drum3383/14 a-b

Double-headed cylindrical metal drum with off-white rawhide skins at both ends (part a). Interlaced skin ties stretch and secure the skins. A single strip of rawhide is wound through the ties around the centre with a looped handle. Curved wooden drumstick (part b) with flat head. A short length of plant fibre is tied behind the flat head and attached in a notch partway down the shaft.

Culture
East African
Material
rawhide skin, wood, plant fibre and steel metal ?
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drum3383/13

Wood drum with reptile skin. The drum tapers in from the top, and has a cylindrical base. The sides are painted with black and off-white vertical stripes. The skin is secured by two rows of wood pegs, and a notched leather band that wraps around it. One side has two raised areas, one with a metal ring, and the other wire, looped through.

Culture
East African
Material
wood, metal, reptile skin and paint
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3295/34

Large rectangular textile. The background is a bright red, with an ornate border on all four sides, which differs in design from the central portion. The designs are dark blue-black, white, and brown. The centre has a large floral design, with smaller, simpler floral designs in each corner as well as each side. Printed text (in English) along the edge of one side.

Culture
East African
Material
fibre and dye
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace3123/44

Round beaded neck ring. Necklace consists of eight to nine strands of small glass beads strung on wire, placed in alternating blocks of colour: dark blue, white, and light blue, each with a line in a different colour at both ends of the block: white, dark blue, light blue, yellow or red. Each colour block is separated from the next by a thick strip of leather. Around the interior of the necklace is a line of larger plastsic beads, round, and coloured light green. Closing mechanism is a hook of wire. A piece of tagging is attached to one leather thong by green string.

Culture
East African ?
Material
glass, plastic, metal and skin
Made in
East Africa, Africa ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace3123/43

Round beaded neck ring. Necklace consists of eleven strands of small glass beads strung on wire and placed in encircling rows, becoming successively smaller in size toward the centre. Colours are a row of light blue on the outside, one row dark red, two rows green, one row red, two rows white, two rows dark blue, and finishing with two rows of red on the interior. Wire is placed intermittently across the rows to hold beads firmly in place. Two strips of leather also serve this purpose, and one holds a small string of twisted cotton.

Culture
East African ?
Material
glass, metal, skin, cotton fibre and plastic
Made in
East Africa, Africa ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2790/24

Thin, elongated, blackened figure wearing a stack of brass neck rings. The bent arms are close to the body and there is a hole through the raised hands. The small square base is made from a different type of wood.

Culture
East African
Material
stain, wood and metal
Made in
East Africa, Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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