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Bottle2990/392

Single spout polychrome effigy bottle with polish technique on surface and strap handle. Painted whiskered maize deity. Maize ear forms with the deity's head in blind spout. Pelt, rear legs and polychrome tail of a Pampas native cat over top of human arms. Geometrical black on cream motif between paws carved in relief and sweet pepino vines with fruit held in hands. Geay necklace with red-brown and orange-brown lucuma native fruits. Dark red-brown, black, orange-brown, cream and grey paint on cream background on chest. Middle Nasca Period. Breakage not restored.

Culture
Nasca
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Nasca, Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bottle2990/391

Single spout falcon effigy bottle with red-brown strap handle and polychrome slip. Eyes have black and white markings on orange-brown background; prominent beak has black and cream designs on red-brown background, chest has two panels of black and cream squares divided by an in relief red-brown decoration. Back of bird has a cream “v” shaped motif on grey-brown background. Tail has a “v” shaped band in dark grey, red-brown, cream and orange-brown paint. Partial polish technique on surface and modeled manufacture. Early Nasca Period. Breakage restored.

Culture
Nasca
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Nasca, Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bottle2990/387

Single-tubular spout effigy polychrome-modeled bottle with loop handle and polish technique on surface. Painted red-brown arms with cream fingers hold brown maize stalks. Orange-brown necklace has ears of maize design in yellow-cream and dark grey on red-brown background. Tail has a painted band in orange-brown, grey, orange-red, red-brown and cream divided by thin cream lines. 25 orange-red and white semi-lunar motifs on black background on back of bottle. Lower body has white paint and a black geometrical figure in relief between paws. Unbroken.

Culture
Nasca
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Nasca, Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2990/383

Solid polychrome-modeled female figure. Inverted triangular shaped face with elongated black eyes underlined in red paint. Prominent nose, no arms, one horizontal red-brown line as a mouth and black and red-brown headdress. Male body has red-brown and black paint. Late Proliferous Nasca Period. Breakage repaired.

Culture
Nasca
Material
adhesive, clay and paint
Made in
Nasca, Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bottle2990/246

Double conical spout polished bottle with rounded base and bridge handle. Painted designs of seven jicamas with polychrome slip in short dashes: cream, orange-brown, gray, black, red-brown and brown on red-brown ground. Basket design in base with vertical black on white lines and band of diagonal black lines on top. Broken and repaired. Molded manufacture. Early Nasca Period.

Culture
Nasca
Material
adhesive, clay and paint
Made in
Nasca, Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bottle2990/225

Transitional Necropolis-Proto Nasca monkey effigy and brown-gray slipped bottle with conical base and bridge handle. Blind spout head, body over top lying face down in red-brown paint, incised fingers and face. Molded manufacture and polish technique on surface. Restored.

Culture
Nasca
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Nasca, Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bowl2990/234

Flaring rim and polished bowl with rounded base and molded manufacture technique. Painted designs of a corpse in water, arms outward in orange-brown holding fans, legs in dark red and head band in orange-brown and gray paint. Rectangular section of body (on base) cut away. Yellow cream, orange-brown, gray and black on cream ground. Complete.

Culture
Nasca
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Nasca, Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cup2990/219

Molded cup with rounded base and flared rim. Bands of step fret painted motifs, orange-brown outlined in black on cream ground, alternate with bands of black step frets on cream ground; yellow-cream lines between. Complete.

Culture
Nasca
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Nasca, Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cup2990/214

Wide molded and polished cup with rounded base. Painted decoration of seven frogs in vertical position with head oriented to rim on black, gray, orange and white paint. Red-brown ground and black and white band. Complete.

Culture
Nasca
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Nasca, Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Vessel2990/113

Anthropomorphic orange-red slipped vessel. Figure is shown wearing a fox skin in light-orange, black, white, red and grey paint. Modelled manufacture; burnished surface. No restoration.

Culture
Nasca
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Nasca, Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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