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Figure2847/42

Painted terracotta kneeling figure with hands on top of thighs. Figure of a sitting woman. The head is large, wide to the sides and narrow front to back. Mouth, nostrils and ears are carved into the face, with protruding nose and eyes. Orange paint decorates the ears and area around nostrils and mouth. A headdress of brown and orange stripes sits on the crown of the head. Decorative brown lines pass from the elbows to shoulders and encircle the protruding breasts. The stomach is slightly rounded. Arms are held akimbo, and wrists are painted orange. The legs are short and wide, extending to the front, with orange painted feet. The thighs are decorated with brown curving lines. The back of the figure has a protruding bump on the head, and cleaved buttocks. On the bottom of the figure a hole is bored into the hollow centre.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Costa Rica ? or Nicaragua ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Vessel2847/111

Veraguas style terracotta ovoid-shaped vessel with off-set oval opening and a flared rim, zoomorphic handle.. The mouth sits on one side of the top of the pot, and has a large, flaring rim. Opposite it is a wide, protruding head of a creature, perhaps a frog, with incised mouth and protruding eyes and nose. The head serves as a small handle. Thin arms, bent at elbow, and hands are situated to the front, in bas relief.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay
Made in
Costa Rica
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pot2847/110

Terracotta painted pot missing all three legs, with figure eight design. The round pot has a wide mouth with neck that angles inward to shoulder, then flaring out to a sharp hip, with a rounded bottom. Round breakage marks regularly spaced on base indicate that the pot may have once had three attached legs. The pot is painted on the inner rim with encircling lines of dark brown and rust, with similar on the outer rim and hip. Figure 8 patterns are painted on the body, interspersed with vertical lines. The base has thick rust coloured lines surrounding the breakage marks of the legs.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Costa Rica ? or Nicaragua ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pot2847/108

Bulbous terracotta pot with flattened applique figure. The large pot has a flared, uneven rim, narrowing toward the mouth, and flaring again below the neck. The midpoint is bulbous and wider than the top half, curving inward toward a rounded bottom. The only decoration is a bas relief figure of a creature with a human like head that protrudes from the shoulder of the pot, with protruding legs and feet and slightly outset hands. The creature’s large round wings are carved into the pot on either side. The figure is coloured a light brown while the rest of the pot is a burnished dark red-orange.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Costa Rica ? or Nicaragua ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bowl2847/105

Tricolour terracotta painted bowl has a wide mouth with inwardly sloping rim, bulbous at the shoulder, and narrowing to a slightly rounded bottom. The bowl has an intricately decorated outer rim, with checked patterns, vertical and diagonal lines, and colour blocks. On the shoulder are encircling lines of dark brown and rust, with regularly placed decorative circles below. The interior is painted a rust colour, with a dark brown rim.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and pigment
Made in
Costa Rica ? or Nicaragua ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Vessel2847/34

Terracotta tripod vessel with legs representing grimacing monkeys. Shallow round pot with straight sides inclining inwards. The shoulder is low and sharp and leads to a slightly rounded bottom. The pot balances on three legs, two carved into animal heads, with the third leg’s head partially missing. The heads have a long snout with large canine teeth. Round eye holes are bored through the clay into the hollowed head. Round ears protrude from each side of the head. One of the mouths contains a small round clay ball that creates a rattling sound when moved. The pot is burnished a dark orange and a patterns of encircling lines can be discerned in spots along the body.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Vessel2847/20

Terracotta pregnant monkey vessel, incised. The thick rim of the pot mimics the shape of a wide brimmed hat sitting atop the figure’s head. Below, the face has bulging eyes and a protruding nose and chin. The body is large and round, with a prominently protruding belly. Vague shapes of arms and legs exist on the sides of the figure. Scratched into the surface of the vessel in thin, light coloured lines are the outlines of arms, legs, feet and hands, as well as a tail at back.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay
Made in
Costa Rica ? or Nicaragua ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Vessel2847/18

Cocle style terracotta pedestal plate with tan coloured creatures on a black slip decorating both the interior of the plate and base of the pedestal. The plate slopes slightly down from rim to centre. Pedestal is round, narrow at neck where it attaches to the plate, widening toward base where it flares out at bottom rim. Pedestal is hollow inside. The vessel is painted black with bird-like creatures painted on plate and pedestal, along with encircling decorative lines of light brown, black, and rust.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Panama
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Vessel2847/16

Painted terracotta vessel with globular bowl forms stacked on pedestal base. The top bowl has a band of cream and red squares encircling it. Pot body consists of two equally sized orbs, one atop the other. The top orb has a small mouth with rim, while the bottom orb sits on a wide flaring base that is hollowed on the inside. The interior of the pot is hollow throughout both orbs. The shoulder of the pot is painted in a rough, rust coloured checked pattern, with brown lines below that are mimicked on the top of the second orb. The bottom orb and base are painted with abstract figures. The interior of the pot is undecorated.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Vessel2847/13

Terracotta effigy pot with zoomorphic applique. Pot is round and somewhat squat, with a concave neck and flaring rim. On either side of neck are two small, round projections with holes. On opposite sides of the shoulder are two protruding animal heads with pig-like snouts, hats, and round hands, facing upward. The midway point of the body is indicated with a thick and protruding line. The lower body recedes to a small round foot. The pot is unpainted but has areas of black carbonization, particularly on the bottom half.

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