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Wind Musical Instrument2847/120

Clay ocarina, circular with a rounded base. A thin coil of clay winds around the sides of the object to the top, where it makes an vertical and slightly pointed protrusion with a bored necklace hole and a small oblong hole (a windway) bored vertically. Below this is a large semi-circular opening (the windcutter) bored into the hollow centre of the instrument. There is a pitch hole to the side of the protrusion and one on the bottom. The ocarina is decorated with black and orange pigment.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Costa Rica ? or Nicaragua ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wind Musical Instrument2847/114

Clay ocarina in a V shape, joined by a thin neck of clay at top. One side is topped by two small round protrusions, with two holes beneath bored into the hollow chamber of the instrument. Two more holes are bored at the bottom of the V, and a fifth at the top of the second arm. The ocarina is decorated with incised patterns of lines.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Costa Rica ? or Nicaragua ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wind Musical Instrument2847/130

Small, clay ocarina in the shape of an animal. The body is globular, balancing on three conical legs. The head has a protruding snout and eye, with a windway that opens above a round windcutter in the centre of the animal’s chest. Behind the head is a necklace hole. A round knob of a tail is attached at the back of the body and two small pitch holes pierce low on the sides into the instrument’s hollow centre.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay
Made in
Costa Rica ? or Nicaragua ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2827/66

Terracotta sculpture of a human head. Hand-moulded and light brown-orange in colour, this figure is wearing a thick head covering or headdress containing three large holes and numerous little holes. The headdress was clearly made separately and added to the head before firing. Facial features include slanted eyes, high cheekbones, a broad nose with large nostrils, and a round mouth. There are gaps at either side of the mouth. The nose and mouth are marked with a black substance, which may have formed during firing. The back of this piece is slightly concave, like a mask.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and pigment
Made in
San Salvador, El Salvador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SherdE377 a-b

Grey, grainy clay sherd (parts a-b) with traces of a light orange slip. Parts a is rectangular in shape with a concaved, smooth underside and a rough surface with a concaved section that runs horizontally across the sherd. Part b is triangular in shape with a smooth, slightly concaved underside and a rough surface. Both pieces have remnants of an incised repeated, rectangular pattern. Fragment of a larger object.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SherdE375 a-e

Grey, grainy clay sherd (parts a-e) with a cream slip and orange glaze. Parts a has a convex surface and is slightly rectangular in shape. Parts b, c and e flat and slightly triangular in shape while part d is rectangular. Fragment of a larger object.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and glaze
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SherdE379 a-y

Grey, grainy clay sherds (parts a-y) some with a light grey slip, others with a cream slip. All parts very in size and shape. Parts d, l, r and v have remnants of black pigment. Parts a, b, c, d, e, f, q, r, s, t, v, w, x and y have traces of an orange glaze. Part a is s-shaped and is possibly part of the body of a container. Fragments of a larger object.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay, glaze and pigment
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SherdE99

Grey clay sherd with a red(?) slip; triangular in shape. The sherd consists of a conical shaped top with vertical incisions on top of two triangular rings – one of which has an oval shaped incised pattern. The back is flat, smooth and concaved in shape while the bottom is flat.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and pigment
Made in
Nicaragua
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureE330

Grey clay sherd with a red(?) slip; semi-spherical in shape. The figure consists of a human head wearing earrings, with slightly protruding nose, projecting ears; incised mouth and raised lines around its eyes, mouth and on its head. The inside appears to have originally been hollow.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and pigment
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureE329

Triangular shaped, grey clay sherd with red? slip. The figure consists of a human head wearing a crown-like headdress with a flat top and four vertical ridges; the nose and mouth are exaggerated while the eyes are small, circular holes. The inside is hollow and the bottom of the face is flat and smooth.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and pigment
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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