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BeltAb312

Eight bands of fibre coils covered with sections of red, white, and green beads. Thin band of red beads near the ends. Alternating sections of white, red, green, and red follow the length of the belt. There are green looped fibre ties at each end of the belt. A black and white scalloped beaded fringe outlines the bottom edge of the belt.

Culture
Zulu
Material
glass, fibre and dye
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Neck RingK5.88

Coils of rolled fabric over metal core and covered with rows of beads. Three coils with ends of red beads, the rest is of a white background with lozenges of blue or yellow outlined in red and black. One end has a metal button at each coil.

Culture
Zulu
Material
metal, brass metal, fibre and glass
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentK5.83

Bead coil in the shape of an elongated inward curving u form. Rolled fabric covered with rows of beads. The ends are with rows of blue, yellow, red, green, and black while the sides are white and the middle is with rows of red, green, pink, and black.

Culture
Zulu ?
Material
glass and fibre
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeadrestK5.33

Carved wooden neck rest with two-lobed base, two arching vertical supports, and a roughly rectangular top that curves slightly downwards towards the centre and has a band of zigzag pattern carved into each end. Underneath each end of the rectangular segment is a curved extension. The bottoms of the curved extensions, the ends of the top segment, and the arching vertical supports are all burnt ? to a dark brown finish.

Culture
Zulu
Material
wood
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerK5.13

Gourd container with geometric design created with copper wire inserted into the surface. The design consists of two solid bands at the top and bottom of the container, and four columns of three triangle shapes around the centre.

Culture
Zulu
Material
gourd fruit and copper metal
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear1251/19

Long brown wooden spear with a slender shaft and a long, tapering metal spearhead--a strip of skin(?) is wrapped around the shaft near the end opposite the point.

Culture
Zulu ?
Material
wood, metal and skin ?
Made in
South Africa ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear1251/16

Long brown wooden spear with a slender shaft and a long, tapering metal spearhead.

Culture
Zulu ?
Material
wood and metal
Made in
South Africa ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt1060/76

A coiled round beaded belt with four cylindrical rows stitched together. The design consists of alternating rectangles of blue, black, and red beads with white beads in between. It is beaded on the outside. One end has a loop of blue, red, and white beads with a conical metal button while the other end has just a conical metal button.

Culture
Zulu
Material
glass, metal and fibre
Made in
Natal, South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt1260/1

Long and thick beaded belt band with five distinct rows of coloured beads. The outer band is light pink, the next row of bands are alternating sections of blue and red, and the central band is green. Each row is connected to the next by four white coloured beads that form an X shape. At each end of the belt are three rows of red coloured beads that are attached to brown fibre cording.

Culture
Zulu
Material
glass and fibre
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt1596/2

Thick portion of short beaded strands are attached to a thin band of beads. From the top of the band, the thick portion of beads are ordered: strands of beads are the colours white, blue, white, red, black, red, and white. The long thin band of beads has larger light green beads around the outer rim, a row of three red beads in the centre, and a double row of white beads on the inner rim of the band. Each end of the apron band has brown fibre cording. At one of the ends is a large circular black bead.

Culture
Zulu ?
Material
glass, clay ?, metal and fibre
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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