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Bracelet636/20

Copper bracelet with engraved cross-hatching and dot design. Ends are bent forwards with triangle and rectangle cut.

Culture
Southern African
Material
copper metal ?
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket636/18 a-b

Light yellow-brown coil basket with blue patterns. Basket is low and wide, with a slight flare, raised lip around the opening, and a fitted lid with a raised point in the centre. Thin blue braided handle runs overtop the lid.

Culture
Ovimbundu ?
Material
stem and indigo dye
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mat636/17

Flat, circular woven mat, or tray, made in a coiled technique. Light yellow-brown with dyed brown and yellow patterns--main image is of five human figures and a church-like building arranged in a circle.

Culture
Ovimbundu ?
Material
stem and dye
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mat636/16

Flat, circular woven mat, or tray, made in a coiled technique. Light yellow-brown with dyed brown and yellow patterns--main image is of one human and three geometric figures, arranged in a circle.

Culture
Ovimbundu ?
Material
stem and dye
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mat636/14

Circular woven basketry mat, or tray, made in a coiled technique. There are four elongated diamond shapes that emanate from the centre to the rim. One opposite pair of diamond shapes are brown outlined with dark brown, and the other pair are light brown outlined with brown and dark brown. The background is light brown. The rim is brown with dark brown zig zags.

Culture
Ovimbundu ?
Material
stem
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure636/8

Carved wooden figures on a wooden base of two people carrying a patient in a hammock to a hospital. Stained dark brown with black hair and white surrounding the eyes.

Culture
Southern African
Material
wood and stain
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thumb Piano636/7

Thumb piano that has a rectangular wooden board with a wooden bridge from which twelve metal sticks of varying lengths are attached. Fibre string is woven through two holes for hanging. Thumb piano has geometric incised designs. There is a metal attachment at one end with two loose metal rings. There is a modern string attached to the fibre. A hole has been made in the middle of the wooden board.

Culture
Ovimbundu ?
Material
wood, fibre and metal
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Carving636/5

Dark reddish-brown sculpture of an elephant. Narrow head with carved ears at each side, light-brown coloured eyes, long trunk slightly curled up at end, sloped back with two small ridges, long and thin tail connects to back of leg.

Culture
Southern African
Material
wood
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Toy Hoe636/4

Long dark-brown handled hoe with flared wooden blade handle and U-shaped metal blade. Wooden blade handle near metal blade is decorated with three carved round notches on all sides.

Culture
Chokwe ?
Material
wood and metal
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ornamental Axe636/3

Axe has a long metal blade with a rounded end, an incised circle and decorative pattern of dots and criss-cross marks on the blade. Top of handle is wooden and has diagonal line patterns carved on its surface and circles carved on its edges. The bottom of the handle has a band of the same carved circles. Copper wire encircles the bottom of the handle and near the top.

Culture
Chokwe ?
Material
wood, metal and copper metal
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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