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BraceletAj159

Beaded bracelet with three to four rows of black beads, one row red, one row yellow, and one row light green, repeating. There are eight bands of black with three rows and seven bands of black with four rows of beads.

Culture
Maasai
Material
glass, plastic and fibre ?
Made in
Narok, Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BraceletAj158

Round beaded bracelet with repeating diagonal stripes of two rows of black, two rows of red, one row of light green and one row of yellow beads.

Culture
Samburu
Material
glass, plastic and fibre ?
Made in
Samburu, Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Batik Textile2542/14

Rectangular piece of black-brown textile with a painted squirrel(?) on the bottom half. The squirrel is in profile with a long tail curved upwards in black, brown, red and white. The top edge of textile is adhered to a light blue-green folded card backing.

Culture
East African
Material
fibre, paint, paper and dye
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Batik Textile2542/13

Rectangular piece of dark green textile with a painted long-legged, hook-billed bird. The bird has a dark brown head with a black and white body and brown, black and white legs. There are traces of blue near the white areas. The top edge of the textile is adhered to a white folded card backing.

Culture
East African
Material
fibre, paper, dye and paint
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Batik Textile2542/12

Rectangular piece of red and black textile with a painted brown bird swimming. The bird is brown with a white beak and wing. The water is black with white ripples and the sky is red. The top edge of the textile is adhered to a yellow folded card backing.

Culture
East African
Material
fibre, paint, paper and dye
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Batik Textile2542/11

Rectangular piece of dark blue textile with a painted bird. The bird has a brown head and legs and a black body with white spots. The background is blue with traces of black. The top edge of the textile is adhered to a white folded card backing.

Culture
East African
Material
fibre, paint, paper and dye
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Batik Textile2542/10

Rectangular piece of green textile with a painted black bird perched in a tree. The bird is black with a red eye and a white wing and tail. The tree is black, brown and white. There are traces of red on the tree and black on the green background. The top edge of the textile is adhered to a yellow folded card backing.

Culture
East African
Material
fibre, paint, paper and dye
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Comb2542/9

Wooden comb with 14 teeth, widening toward the end. Teeth are held together with three separate woven sections of grass. Bottom is rectangular and has a rectangular hole in the middle. The other two sections are bands of interwoven grass, the middle one wider than the other. Between the two bands there is a red-brown piece of leather that is wrapped around the 5th and 10th teeth and also attached to the grass weaves, with five holes at the top and two at the bottom.

Culture
East African
Material
wood, grass ? and leather skin
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Container905/10 a-b

A small cylindrical wood container (part a) with a flared out rounded bottom. Attached, there is a long thin skin band. There is a small circular lid (part b)

Culture
Kamba ?
Material
wood, skin and hair
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace1759/1

A necklace consisting of twelve oblong carved pieces, each joined by three inter-linked circles. An oval pendant is attached with four inter-linked circles.

Culture
Kikuyu ?
Material
elephant ivory ? and cotton fibre
Made in
Tanzania ? or Kenya ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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