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NecklaceK4.115

Necklace of wood, animal feet and claws, horns, variety of beads, vertebrae turtle shell, glass beads, small beaded leather pouches, and a flattened skin with reddish-brown and light yellow-brown striped fur markings strung on a twisted fibre cord.

Culture
Ovimbundu
Material
fibre, bone, skin, turtle shell, animal foot, claw, horn, wood and glass
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketK4.97

A coiled circular basket with sides that flare upward and a bottom that inverts inward at the centre, creating a high dished bottom. The main design consists of four equally spaced geometric shapes along the sides and the bottom on a natural coloured background. One pair of geometric shapes are back-to-back orange and dark brown checkered diamond shapes. The other pair of geometric shapes are orange fish-like shapes outlined with dark brown. Each geometric shape pair is opposite one another. The rim has a pattern of orange and dark brown diagonal lines on a natural coloured background.

Culture
Ovimbundu
Material
grass
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model AxeK4.80

Model of axe. Wooden handle and blade at top. Both top and bottom of handle have been blackened.

Culture
Ovimbundu
Material
iron metal and wood
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model HoeK4.79

Model of a man's hoe. V-shaped, with blade of hoe at bent angle. Blade is leaf-shaped. Black X-marks decorate the length of the wooden handles.

Culture
Ovimbundu
Material
iron metal and wood
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model HoeK4.77

Model of woman's hoe. Long handle bends at an angle near the top. Attached to the other side of the protruding angled piece is a triangular shaped metal blade edge. The angled protrusion and end of handle are blackened.

Culture
Ovimbundu
Material
iron metal and wood
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RepresentationK4.76

Long stick with bulbous end depicting a club. Both ends are dark.

Culture
Ovimbundu
Material
wood
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Building RepresentationK4.75

Wooden model of a chief's house with a burnt design of simple dark lines that distinguish the walls and the roof. There are two rectangular doorways opposite each other cut out of the walls.

Culture
Ovimbundu
Material
wood
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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House RepresentationK4.74

Wooden model of a village council house with three doorways and a simple linear design burnt into the surface of the wood.

Culture
Ovimbundu
Material
wood
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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House RepresentationK4.73

Wooden model of a chief's wife's house with a simple linear dark decoration burned into the wood, and two doorways opposite each other.

Culture
Ovimbundu
Material
wood
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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House RepresentationK4.72

Model of a cylindrical-shaped house with a conical roof and two arched doorways opposite each other. The house has been decorated with burnt vertical lines around the sides of the cylindrical portion and vertical as well as horizontal burnt lines on the roof portion.

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