Items

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  Necklace; Waist ornament

  Necklace or waist ornament, made from ostrich eggshell beads strung on a long leather thong.
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  Waist ornament

  Physical description: A Tswana woman's waist ornament or "girdle". This waist ornament is made from a length of local Tswana rope with blue and coral-coloured beads strung around it to form lozenge patterns.
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  Girdle

  Physical Description: Girdle with a coil of blue, red, and white beadwork featuring triangular designs, attached to a strip of brown hide, at the centre. From this hangs a heavy fringe of closely knotted tassels of string made from plant fibre and dyed a deep red-brown. There are also 8 pairs of green beaded strings attached to the central coil, evenly spaced among the tassels.
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  Bow

  Physical Description: Round section bow decorated with bands of hide with hair attached. Sinew string.
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  Club; Knobkerry

  Physical Description: Club carved from long thin piece of dark wood with plain round knob at one end.
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  Knobkerry

  Physical Description: Wooden staff with a plain bulbous round end.
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  Staff

  Physical Description: Wooden staff, with a small round knob at end.
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  Axe; Battle Axe

  Physical Description: Axe with a dark wooden handle, a curved head and a D shaped iron blade.
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  Spear; Segai; Lerumo

  Physical Description: Spear with a small leaf blade on a long shank, bound to wood with plaited wire. The case of the haft is covered with hide.
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  Bangle; Bracelet; Lesêka

  Physical Description: Bangle made of braided and coiled brass and copper wires. There is a thick braid of brass wire bordered on each side by thinner braids of copper wire, and two coils of brass wire. These are held together by thicker iron wire wrapping in three sections and at either end, where the bracelet fastens with two hook and eye clasps.
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  Bangle; Bracelet; Lesêka

  Physical Description: Bangle made of twisted brass and copper wires. There are 8 twists of brass wire bordered on each side by four twists of copper wire. These are held together by twisted copper wire wrapping in two sections and at either end, where the bracelet fastens with a wire hook and eye.
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  Necklace

  Physical Description: Single strand necklace made from the double pronged thorns of the acacia tree, interspersed with cylindrical wooden beads. Strung on fibre and tied together to form a loop.