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BeltAb312

Eight bands of fibre coils covered with sections of red, white, and green beads. Thin band of red beads near the ends. Alternating sections of white, red, green, and red follow the length of the belt. There are green looped fibre ties at each end of the belt. A black and white scalloped beaded fringe outlines the bottom edge of the belt.

Culture
Zulu
Material
glass, fibre and dye
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShieldK4.358

An elongated diamond-shaped wooden shield with pointed ends and two sides flaring downward, and outward with a perpendicular conical protrusion on the convex side, and a grip-like handle feature on the concave side. The convex side is decorated with brown and black sections outlined with fibre sewing.

Culture
East African
Material
wood
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear1251/19

Long brown wooden spear with a slender shaft and a long, tapering metal spearhead--a strip of skin(?) is wrapped around the shaft near the end opposite the point.

Culture
Zulu ?
Material
wood, metal and skin ?
Made in
South Africa ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear1251/16

Long brown wooden spear with a slender shaft and a long, tapering metal spearhead.

Culture
Zulu ?
Material
wood and metal
Made in
South Africa ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag1060/11

A light brown hide rectangular bag with a fringe along the bottom and a curved jagged edged along the top which has a design of perforated holes in two rows. The sides are edged with cream-coloured and brown print fabric. One side has a dyed quill geometric design in green, yellow, white, blue, purple, and pink. The other side has a very faded quill design of light pink-purple and light blue flowers with green and orange leaves on an off-white background.

Culture
Plains
Material
deer skin, fibre, porcupine quill and dye
Made in
Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pouch1060/10

Round beaded pouch that tapers slightly at the opening. Opening has scalloped skin flap and two skin drawstrings. Pouch is decorated with purple, red, and orange beads in the shape of a flower on a white beaded background. There are evenly-spaced rectangular-shaped sections of purple beads around the perimeter of the piece on the front. On the side, there are alternating black, and clear coloured beads around the perimeter. There is a vertical line of beaded blue, yellow, red, purple, and pink section running down the centre of the back of the pouch. On either side of the lone, there is a split leaf-like orange, red, and blue beaded pattern.

Culture
Cree ?
Material
skin, glass and fibre
Made in
Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bowl1060/59

A deep oval wood dish with pointed ends and four conical legs with a double-side-by-side triangular protrusion through which a fibre rope loops around the middle. Inside the dish there are two pieces of tape, one reads "CEREMONIAL DISH", the other reads "FIJI".

Culture
Fijian
Material
wood, paper, ink and fibre
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Beads424/42 a-j

Part a is a long beaded necklace with a large round wooden bead at one end and three large oval-shaped dark brown-green beads descending in size with two small wooden beads on either side of a reddish-brown round bead with circular designs around its middle. Part b is a strung fragment similar to part a. Parts c - i are wooden beads. Part j is a strung fragment of part a(?) that is interspersed with light blue beads and ends with three cone-shaped beads.

Culture
Interior Amazonia ?
Material
wood, fibre and glass
Made in
South America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bottle1060/56

A cylindrical reddish-brown skin bottle with three circular protrusions around the top, middle, and bottom which are decorated with bark weave in a diagonal line pattern. Each of the two spaces in between these three circular protrusions has a set of two horizontal black lines painted at each edge. The top of the bottle is semi-round with a triple black line semi-circle design and tapers to a neck which has strands of skin flowing down from the rim. The round lid which also has a bark weave in a diagonal line pattern is attached to the bottle side from the top of the lid.

Culture
West African
Material
skin, glass, bark and paint
Made in
“Gambia” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Whisk1060/69

A long cylindrical skin handle with circular protrusions all around that have some plant fibre weaving decoration. The top end of the handle has a looped skin band painted with red dots connected by a brown zig zag line. The bottom end of the handle flares out with skin strands from which grey hair flows down.

Culture
West African
Material
ink, hair, skin, plant fibre, paint and paper
Made in
“Gambia” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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