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QuiverAa52 a-b

Mottled brown bark (part a), hollowed out and capped with dark brown hide, glued onto bottom end as a closure, and encircling open top. Stopper with hide acts as a lid (part b). Sinew of various shades of brown are bound in places around the length of the quiver securing to it a rawhide thong near both ends.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
bark, skin, sinew and adhesive
Made in
Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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KnifeK3.7 a-b

Knife (b) and sheath (a). The knife has a dark brown bone handle that fades to off-white where it joins the blade. The blade is sharpened on both sides and tapers to point. The sheath is laced together with sinew and has a loop at the top formed by a folded piece of leather.

Culture
Ethiopian
Material
sinew, skin, bone and iron metal
Made in
Bulchi Village, Gamo-Gofa, Ethiopia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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QuiverK3.18 a-d

Hollow reed (part b) with five holes bored through one end and three smaller holes bored at the other end. Wide plug (part a) fits in the hollow end while the other end is permanently sealed. Two arrows (parts c and d). While both arrows have a metal point tip and base with fibre ? or sinew ? wrapped around both ends and their shafts are notched at the end, one arrow (part d) has a smaller base with less material wrapped below it than the other arrow (part c). One arrow (part d) has some yellow plant leaf-like fibre attached at the base of the point.

Culture
Ethiopian
Material
reed grass, metal, fibre ? and sinew ?
Made in
Bulchi Village, Gamo-Gofa, Ethiopia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowAa46

Curved bow which is smoothed and tapered at each end. Bound in three places with sinew: at the grip and at the ends. Bowstring of large sinew is lashed around the tips and is held in place by the bindings. The grip is slightly below the centre of the shaft.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
grewium wood, eland sinew and gemsbok sinew
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearAa43

Lanceolate-shaped metal point, slightly ridged by sharpening, has a cylindrical length which fits into the wood shaft. Sinew is wrapped around one section of the shaft, at the metal, and the wood join.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
grewium wood, steel metal and sinew
Made in
Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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QuiverAa42

Long dark brown bark tube, capped at one end by dark brown and white hide, four tan sinew bindings are wound round the tube at regular intervals. There are two openings between the first and second sinew bindings, another between the third and fourth.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
bark, skin, scrotal sac and sinew
Made in
Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SinewAa25

Dried sinew folded and tied into the figure eight.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
sinew
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arrow PointAa118

Metal rod bound with sinew that is flattened at one end. Triangular, double barbed and sharpened on both sides.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
metal and sinew
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowAa117

Part of main shaft of arrow. A length of hollow reed which is blackened with glue and bound with sinew at one end. A small wooden notched plug is inserted in this end.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
reed grass and sinew
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BoxAa111 a-b

Entire tortoise shell (part a) is used. Bottom shell is glued to the top shell making a container with a narrow opening where the head would have been. A white ostrich egg bead belt, thirteen beads wide, covers the top. Six strands of beads protrude over the opening. Belt (part b) is sewn to a piece of hide and is attached to the underside of the shell by being drawn through two drilled holes.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
tortoise shell, ostrich egg, skin, sinew and acacia gum adhesive
Made in
Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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