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BasketK4.334

A shallow coiled circular basket with straight sides. The bottom main design consists of a four petal flower design outlined in dark brown. Between each "petal" is a line made of orange and dark brown. Near the centre, there is a coil that matches the rim. The sides have a design that consists of a natural colour with an occasional dark brown vertical stripe on the coiled layer. The rim has a pattern of natural coloured checkered diamond shapes along a dark brown background.

Culture
Ovimbundu
Material
plant fibre
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketK4.333

A large coiled circular basket with the sides flaring upward. The main design is blue-green and orange on a natural coloured background consisting of a possible representation of two "trees", four triangles, and two geometrical figures. Each like representational design component is opposite one another. The centre bottom is dark and of another fibre. The rim has a design which consists of orange crosses with natural coloured middles on a natural coloured background. Stands on its circular foot pedestal.

Culture
Ovimbundu
Material
plant fibre
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Divination BasketK4.330 a-r

Woven root basket (part a) and divination contents (parts b-r). The coiled basket has watch-spring and splint weave at base. The contents of the basket are: b) short piece of horn pierced at tip and base; c) desiccated hoof; d) cowrie shell; e) part of seed pod; f) cocoon covered with sticks; g) wooden thread spool; h) disc of copper; i) carved, cylindrical wood object; j) carved wooden effigy; k) fruit pit; l) wood with wax coating; m) fragment of black plastic or bakelite; n) stone; o) ball of wax; p) smaller ball of wax; q) ball of wax with hollow centre; r) fragment tar-paper with two nails.

Culture
Chokwe ? or Ovimbundu ?
Material
horn, root, wood, shell, metal, copper metal, stone, hoof, cocoon, wax and pod
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowK4.221

Long cylindrical piece of wood that tapers slightly at the ends with twined skin stretched from one end to the other and wrapped around the ends.

Culture
Ovimbundu
Material
wood and skin
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleK4.185

Two sets of four spherical gourds strung four to a stick on two sticks with a bundle of chicken feathers attached at the end of a length of twine.

Culture
Ovimbundu
Material
fibre, feather, gourd fruit and wood
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketK4.153

Conical basket that has a linear geometric design in black on natural colour, creating an eight petal-like flower design. The foot is of poorer quality than the rest of the basket and of different material, presumably it is not original to the basket.

Culture
Ovimbundu
Material
plant fibre and grass
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketK4.152

Upward flaring, circular basket that has a lozenge design in natural colour and black. The foot shows much poorer quality in comparison with rest of the basket and is noticeably lighter in colour so presumably is not original to the basket.

Culture
Ovimbundu
Material
grass and plant fibre
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketK4.151

A tiny coiled circular basket. Design consists of six equally spaced diagonal lines in two shades of darker brown on a natural colour background. Tiny dark brown checkered pattern on the natural coloured background around the rim.

Culture
Ovimbundu
Material
grass
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RingK4.130

Cylindrical ring carved from wood that sits on one flattened side, and the edges are serrated with three segments of the edge burnt to a dark brown finish. Around the centre of the ring are two raised, ridged bands with a herringbone pattern that are accented with two bands of dark brown burnt wood.

Culture
Ovimbundu
Material
wood
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatK4.122

Rectangular mat made of strips of bamboo grass interwoven with dark brown, fibrous strips of bark.

Culture
Ovimbundu
Material
bark and bamboo grass
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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