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NecklaceAa155

Triple strand necklace of alternating beads of bone strung on sinew. Beads are brown and white.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
wood, bone and sinew
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceAa154

Consists of two complete and four incomplete strands of brown herb root beads, clustered in groups of fives, separated by lengths of very small white, blue, red, green and yellow trade beads.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
herb root, sinew and glass
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentAa153

Circular band of brown rawhide wrapped with sinew and strung with copper beads.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
rawhide skin, sinew and copper metal
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceAa151

Thin, twisted sinew cords knotted to form a loop. Five wooden sticks decorated with a band twisting diagonally along its length which is burned into the surface, are strung on the cord through holes drilled at each tapered end.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
wood and sinew
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceAa150

Three strands made of short sections of light brown grass stalk are interspersed with tiny trade beads strung on twisted sinew.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
grass, sinew and glass
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BraceletAa149

Bracelet made of a double band of light brown grass, intricately twined. Ends are spliced together to create the bracelet.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
grass
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowAa41 a-b

Metal double-barbed point (a) with a metal shaft wrapped in sinew and inserted into a hollow section of sinew-covered bamboo. Into this is fitted a mid-section of carved wood which is pointed at both ends. A bamboo shaft (b) wrapped with sinew at both ends. The posterior end is notched. The anterior end forms a socket which fits over the lower point of the metal shaft.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
bamboo grass, metal, wood, sinew, adhesive and poison resin
Made in
Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BraceletAa148

Tiny copper rings strung and placed evenly spaced on a ring of hide.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
skin and copper metal
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BraceletAa147

Circle of light brown twisted grass with ends spliced together to form a bracelet.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
grass
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceAa146

Ostrich eggshell beads strung on sinew. A short sinew thread has one red glass trade bead and one eggshell bead attached to the necklace.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
ostrich egg, glass and sinew
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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