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ApronAa145
Curving, rectangular piece of leather bordered on three sides with a band of ostrich eggshell beads that is ten rows wide. Band is sewn to hide and traces of stitching also occur at the centre front top. Hide ties are sewn at the beaded ends.
- Culture
- Khoisan ?
- Material
- steinbok skin, ostrich egg and sinew
- Made in
- Okavango Swamps, Botswana
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
OrnamentAa21
A loop of stiff brown hide to which a piece of soft dark grey hide is attached. It is split into three strips, each terminating with a cowrie shell. The two pieces are secured together by a binding of leather stitched in place.
- Culture
- Khoisan ?
- Material
- skin and cowrie shell
- Made in
- Okavango Swamps, Botswana
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
BowAa105
Miniature bow, simple curve, made of gemsbok horn. Bound at either end and at centre with sinew. Strung with twisted sinew, attached at both ends by knotted loop.
- Culture
- Khoisan ?
- Material
- gemsbok horn and sinew
- Made in
- Okavango Swamps, Botswana
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
QuiverAa104 a-b
Quiver made of rolled piece of bark (part a), capped at either end with skin. One cap is fixed in place, and one is removable (part b). A doubled loop of strong rawhide is bound to quiver as handle by means of sinew. The centre of the quiver also bound with sinew.
- Culture
- Khoisan ?
- Material
- bark, skin and sinew
- Made in
- Okavango Swamps, Botswana
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
ArrowAa109
Arrow with slender reed shaft, notched at end to fit bowstring and bound at either end with sinew. A point made of gemsbok horn is inserted in the socket at the end of the reed.
- Culture
- Khoisan ?
- Material
- reed grass, fibre and wood
- Made in
- Okavango Swamps, Botswana
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
ArrowAa108
Arrow with slender reed shaft, notched at end to fit bowstring and bound at either end with sinew. A point made of gemsbok horn is inserted in the socket at the end of the reed.
- Culture
- Khoisan ?
- Material
- reed grass, fibre and wood
- Made in
- Okavango Swamps, Botswana
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
ArrowAa107
Arrow with slender reed shaft, notched at end to fit bowstring and bound at either end with sinew. A point made of gemsbok horn is inserted in the socket at the end of the reed.
- Culture
- Khoisan ?
- Material
- reed grass, fibre and wood
- Made in
- Okavango Swamps, Botswana
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
ArrowAa106
Arrow with slender reed shaft, notched at end to fit bowstring and bound at either end with sinew. A point made of gemsbok horn is inserted in the socket at the end of the reed.
- Culture
- Khoisan ?
- Material
- reed grass, fibre and wood
- Made in
- Okavango Swamps, Botswana
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
ArrowAa103
Composed of two sections: tan reed shaft shaped at one end to fit bowstring, hollowed at other to hold black wood section. Reed shaft bound with fibre at hollowed end; black shaft, pointed at both ends, also wound with fibre.
- Culture
- Khoisan ?
- Material
- reed grass, fibre and wood
- Made in
- Okavango Swamps, Botswana
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
ArrowAa102
Composed of two sections: tan reed shaft shaped at one end to fit bowstring, hollowed at other to hold black wood section. Reed shaft bound with fibre at hollowed end; black shaft, pointed at both ends, also wound with fibre.
- Culture
- Khoisan ?
- Material
- reed grass, fibre and wood
- Made in
- Okavango Swamps, Botswana
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia