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Pot2847/11

Terracotta bowl with two animal handles. The pot is round and slightly squat, rounded on the bottom. The neck is concave with a flaring rim. On the shoulder are two small, open-construction handles each decorated with three protruding, round dots of clay. The pot is burnished orange, with much black carbonization on the lower body.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay
Made in
Costa Rica ? or Nicaragua ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pot2847/84

Small round trileg vessel with circle of round indentations. It is relatively tall and straight sided. The rim flares out slightly. The pot has three thick conical legs attached to the bottom. The wall of the body is quite thick, and on the interior can be seen to thicken toward the bottom. Close to the top of the body is a single encircling line of incised dots for decoration. The legs are covered in a regular pattern of similar dots.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay
Made in
Costa Rica ? or Nicaragua ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Vessel2847/64

Tall terracotta footed tricolour vessel. It is narrow at mouth, flaring toward a deep rounded shoulder. A tall, hollow pedestal is included in the formation, flaring at top where it meets the body of the pot, as well as at bottom. The pot is decorated with encircling strips of delicately painted patterns, consisting of swirls, geometric designs, and colour blocks. The interior of the pot is unpainted.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Costa Rica ? or Nicaragua ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pot2847/19

Terracotta painted trileg pot with animals. The round pot is somewhat squat and bulbous, with a concave neck and slightly flared rim. At the back, a rounded, open handle is attached at rim and shoulder. Opposite is a small creature emerging from the pot’s neck, with a large head and snout, curving arms, and large feet. On each side of the pot at the shoulder is a small head, similar to that of the creature on the front. The pot sits on three conical legs, each with grooves carved through to a hollow centre. The pot is decorated with a series of criss-crossing lines on the body, and diagonal lines on the interior of the neck, in a light orange colour.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Costa Rica ? or Nicaragua ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Vessel2847/14

Cylindrical trileg vessel with horizontal ridges and two handles at neck. Vessel is tall and cylindrical, with several encircling ridges on the body. The mouth is small with a thick flaring rim. From the neck protrudes a rounded handle. Opposite is a small head, possibly of a turtle. The pot sits on three legs, also shaped like turtle heads. Decoration consists of a line of incised dots around the shoulder and on the neck, as well as protruding half circles of clay with incised dots along the base.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay
Made in
Costa Rica ? or Nicaragua ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pot2847/106

Tarago bisque, bulbous pot with two zoomorphic handles. Pot has a small mouth atop a straight-walled neck, shoulder slopes slightly and has a short straight drop to the pot body, which is round and bulbous, wide at centre point and narrowing to a round pointed bottom. On either side of the neck is a small creature, with four legs and a raised tail. One of the creatures is headless (due to damage), while the other has a wide, squat face, long wide mouth, and slit eyes. The pot is not painted and has no other decoration.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay
Made in
Costa Rica ? or Nicaragua ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bead2847/190

Very small round bead, flat on top and bottom, with a hole bored through the centre. The bead is of uneven construction with one side taller than the other and one end of the bored hole wider than the other. The colour is a light mottled green, and the outer surface is shiny and smooth.

Culture
Central America
Material
stone
Made in
Costa Rica ? or Nicaragua ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ocarina Musical Instrument2847/17

Clay ocharina in a donut shape, thick and round with a central hole. The inside is hollow with two small holes bored on each side at top. At the front is an animal head(?) with two protruding circular eyes, an ear to one side (the other has been lost) and a large square nose. A windway is bored through the head from top to bottom rear, with a windcutter below. On the opposite side is a forked tail with a thick base, each fork curving and narrowing to where is connects again to the body.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Costa Rica ? or Nicaragua ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pot2847/73

Round ceramic pot has a coiled rim and a bulbous body with a rounded bottom. Two pointed handles with holes in the centres emerge high on either side of the mouth. A small oblong hole pierces the body near the base. A small amount of white residue clings to the interior bottom.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay
Made in
Costa Rica ? or Nicaragua ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rattle2847/60

Terracotta rattle in the shape of an animal. Animal has a long narrow body, rounded, with a thick tail that curves slightly at the tip. The head is long and quite flat, with eyes set high and a snout with large indented nostrils and a wide mouth. Four short, wide feet support the object. The rattle is decorated extensively with black lines circling tail, neck and legs, emphasizing facial features, and in rectangles across the torso. Holes are bored into the instrument on both sides of the neck, at mid-stomach, and under the tail. A soft rattling sound is made when the rattle is moved.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Costa Rica
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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