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DrumAj101

A small cylindrical wood drum which tapers downward. Covered with skin that has brown and white fur. Has a handle made from the same skin.

Culture
East African
Material
wood and skin
Made in
Kenya ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace407/1

A beaded oval-shaped necklace with the top rim row beaded with dark blue beads and a white seed bead at the end of one of its extensions. The pattern consists of alternating rows of white seed beads and zig zag rows of red, white, and blue beads. The last row is of white seed beads with a red bead at their ends.

Culture
East African
Material
glass ?, synthetic fibre ? and seed
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wrist Knife734/13

Wrist knife that has a U-shaped thin steel metal piece that is bordered on the interior and exterior by thin strips of leather skin. Exterior leather is attached to other side at the top with a chain. Exterior and interior leather pieces are connected with a small chain at the side. Interior leather piece has a coil of copper at the top. Steel metal is attached to the skin with copper wires through holes in the side and in the bottom.

Culture
Turkana ? or Karamojong ?
Material
steel metal, leather skin and copper metal
Made in
Kenya ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ear Ornament734/12

A long red-brown piece of skin folded in half lengthwise with a beaded design of four rows on one side. The top row has horizontal lines of blue-white, red, green, and white beads. The second row has horizontal lines of blue, white, and orange beads in between a big white bead outlined with blue beads and a big blue bead outlined with red beads. The third row has horizontal lines of blue, white, green, and red beads. The fourth row has horizontal lines of blue, red, and blue-white beads in between a big green bead outlined with orange beads and a big orange bead outlined with blue beads. The end is rimmed with two rows of red, and green beads.

Culture
Maasai ? or Kikuyu ?
Material
skin, glass and fibre
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile1093/1

Long, rectangular cotton textile consisting of two panels sewn together in red, down the middle. There is a twisted thread fringe on each end. The sides have the red border followed by orange, black and green stripes. The middle has a light red and cream striped design with a central cream panel with light red house-like images along the sides.

Culture
East African
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Somalia ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Headrest551/1

A wood headrest which has a long rectangular curved plane on top of a stand with a base. A braided hide rope is attached to the stand through two holes in the middle, one is on top and the other is on the bottom.

Culture
Turkana ?
Material
wood and skin
Made in
Ethiopia ? or Kenya ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Container905/9 a-b

Brown coloured tubular container (part a) with skin lid (part b). Container has skin(?) cording wrapped around centre. Large piece of skin covers the bottom and is stretched up to the middle of the container.

Culture
Turkana
Material
wood and cow skin
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Container905/8 a-b

Brown bottle-shaped container (part a) with skin lid (part b). Skin is stretched across base of wooden container. Near the centre of the container, the skin sections off into five vertically positioned thin strips of skin, creating five panels of exposed wood with dark areas in the centre. The top of the strips are connected by a horizontally positioned strip of skin that is secured by a skin tie. Container is capped with a skin lid (part b) that has a long skin strap that hangs to the side of the container.

Culture
Turkana
Material
wood and cow skin
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Container905/7

A horn (amuwara and/or ngamuwar) container with a skin lid and band of skin looped through tip of horn and through lid on concave side. Coil of metal wrapped around band, close to lid. Skin of lid and and parts of band still have fur attached. Three groups of long dark brown hair are attached to the band.

Culture
Turkana
Material
horn, metal, hair and skin
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Container905/5

A tall cylindrical wood container with bands of hairy skin wrapped around near the edges, through which a strip of hairy skin loops around. The lid is made of hairy skin.

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