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Figure2903/37

Painted ceramic figure of a woman. Atop her head there is a red basket with 6 pieces of round fruit painted in various bright colours. Her left hand is upraised to support the fruit. In the crook of her right arm is another basket, with a handle, containing purple fruit with green stems. The woman has black curly hair that falls down her back in two braids. Between the braids, there is a slit into which coins can be inserted. The woman’s face has been unevenly painted with two different skin tones. She has rosy pink cheeks. The woman wears gold earrings and a gold necklace and wears a white short-sleeved blouse with red and green embroidery around the neck and the sleeves. Overtop of the blouse, there is a sleeveless v-neck poncho with an asymmetrical hem with a fringe around the edge. The top half of the poncho has a pattern with red, yellow, blue and brown stripes and black dots. The lower portion of the poncho has a pattern with blue, black, red and brown cross-hatching over a yellow background. Her skirt is wide, yellow and A-line. Along the bottom edge of the skirt there is a green, blue, pink and red design with flowers. The woman’s small feet are visible beneath her skirt, wearing blue shoes with yellow dots. She stands on a green base. The bottom of the figure is indented; the edge is painted orange. There is a small hole in the bottom.

Culture
Ecuadorian
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2903/36

Painted ceramic figure of a woman. Atop the woman’s head is a brown basket with 6 pieces of fruit painted in various bright colours. The woman supports the basket with her upraised left arm, and in the crook of her right arm holds a yellow basket with a handle, containing orange-red fruit with green tops. The woman has curly black hair which falls down her back in two black braids. Between the braids is a slit in which to place coins. She wears gold earrings and a gold necklace. Also, she is wearing a light green short-sleeved blouse with dark green and red embroidery around the neck and sleeves. Over top of the blouse, there is a short-sleeved poncho. The poncho is sleeveless, has a v-neck and an asymmetrical hem with fringe along the edge. It has a red background with an orange and yellow design and drapes over her voluminous dark green skirt. Along the bottom edge of the skirt, there is a pattern in yellow, blue and red. Underneath the skirt, her small red shoes are visible with yellow dots on them. She stands on a green base. The bottom of the figure is indented and unpainted. It has a small hole in the centre.

Culture
Ecuadorian
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tigua Painting2903/52

Large Tigua painting depicting Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. The canvas itself is formed by a piece of skin stretched and nailed over a wooden frame. The back and outer sides of the frame are unpainted save for some drips of paint on the sides of the frame. At the top of the image there is a representation of god painted from the waist up. His torso, head and arms are suspended in the blue and white streaked sky. He has pink skin, black hair and a black mustache and beard. He wears a white, brown, orange and black outfit. There is a yellow substance or force being released downwards from his left hand. God looks down upon Adam and Eve in the lower right corner of the painting at the moment that Eve accepts an apple from the serpent. The green serpent is coiled around the brown trunk of an apple tree, left of Eve. Adam sits on a grey rock left of the tree with a white baby llama in his lap. Adam and Eve are both naked save for white bands of fabric around their waists. An orange lion with a brown mane stands in between the two and faces Adam, who gestures with his right hand. The image also depicts a vast landscape with various peaks and valleys and a waterfall flowing downwards from the upper left corner towards the middle of the painting. There are many varieties of trees painted in various shades of green, brown and yellow and many different animals scattered throughout the landscape.

Culture
Ecuadorian
Made in
Tigua, Cotopaxi, Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Roof Cross2903/35

Iron roof cross. Traditionally, roof crosses are put on top of newly constructed houses for protection. The bottom of the cross is plain and has a pointed end. Above this section, there is a curved banner with the year stencilled through the metal. This banner is suspended between two angels in profile. The angels have black hair and shoes. Their wings and torso are painted pink and their skirts are red. They have their arms bent at the elbow, as if in prayer. Further up the cross, there is a gold, multi-tiered chalice. This chalice seems to have the sun emerging out of its top. At the intersection of the horizontal and vertical portions of the cross, there is a large red heart. This heart has a small, white cross emerging from the top of it. There are also yellow rays of sun extending outwards from behind the heart. On either end of the horizontal portion of the cross, there are grey shapes with hollow centres that resemble three leaf clovers. At the top of the cross there is a grey fleur de lis. There is a piece of tape on the back of the image with a number written on it.

Culture
Ecuadorian
Material
iron metal and paint
Made in
Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2903/32

Wooden painted carving of two oxen yoked together; part of a "San Isidro Labrador" set. Both oxen are painted black with brown eyes, dark brown horns and hooves, and have a thick ridge of muscle running around their necks. The ox on the left of the image gazes forward and has its mouth open. Its tongue extends out of its mouth to lick its nose; its mouth and nostrils are painted pink. The left ox has its tail bent and resting on top of its back. The ox on the right has white patches on its black fur, including a triangular white patch on its forehead and a line of white hair along its spine. This ox has its head tilted to the right and its mouth is closed, and its tail down. The oxen are yoked by a piece of wood which rests on the front of their shoulders. Over each torso the yoke is curved to fit the bodies and is affixed with leather rope which wraps around the left ox’s neck twice and the right ox’s neck three times. Hanging down from the yoke and attached by a piece of string, there is a long cylindrical piece of wood that extends in between the oxen bodies and further back. There is a square hole through the end of the piece. The oxen stand on a square base that is painted green-blue. Part b is a rectanglular piece with a triangular point at one end and a smaller rectangle cut out of the other end. Part c has a horizontal portion at one end which meets the remainder of the piece at a right angle. Upwards from this right angle, another portion of the object branches off at a more acute angle. There is a small hole through the object at one end.

Culture
Ecuadorian
Material
wood, paint, fibre and leather skin
Made in
Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tigua Painting2903/53

Large Tigua painting depicting the countryside and a fiesta in a village. The canvas itself is formed by a piece of skin stretched and nailed over a wooden frame. The sky and the countryside serve as the background of the painting. On the left side of the painting, there is a green and orange-brown cliff set against the horizon. There are two stone-walled buildings with brown thatched roofs nestled in front of the cliff. To the right, two more buildings rest atop a yellow hill. To its right there is a blue snow-capped mountain. Two couples lead their llamas along a path toward the leftmost buildings. There are a number of houses. A grey path runs along the bottom of the hill, upon which a couple walks toward the left leading, on a brown harness, a donkey carrying a package. On the right side of the path, a couple leads two llamas, one yellow-white and one black, through an arch in the brown cliff. In front of the hillside, there is a field with yellow grains being cut by two women and a man with sickles. Yellow-white llamas graze in a field right of the hillside. A woman spins wool in the lower right corner of the field. A grey path curves upward from the right edge of the image, and two women and two men carrying yellow bundles on their backs walk up the path. A woman leads a llama with a bundle tied to its back on the path as well. The village is delineated from the countryside on the left side of the painting by a wall of orange dirt. On the right, a brown wall of dirt serves the same purpose. From the left side of the image, a large yellow-white building is set on a diagonal toward the centre of the town. It has a dark grey stone patio, and a man stands on it with his back turned. Another man stands on the patio holding a blue book in his hands, facing the viewer. Two couples watch the men on the patio with their backs to the viewer. There are three small stone buildings with thatched roofs. In between the buildings, two masks sit on the ground and are yellow with pointy ears and large eyes. In front of the three buildings there is a blue pot with water, a brown cylindrical object and a low square table. On top of the table there are three more masks and a small white dish of water. Scattered around the table are six more masks, two drums, a rug, a pink box with a skull affixed to it, and a woman spinning wool. In front of the yellow field there are two stone buildings. Right of the buildings, there are two people wearing elaborate, colourful box-shaped costumes. They carry silver objects shaped like arrowheads with handles. There is a table in front of one of the stone buildings with three men drinking at it. Along the bottom edge of the painting, there is another table with five men drinking around it. Throughout the crowd, which expands right of the tables, there are figures costumed in masks like those on the left side of the painting. The figures also wear jumpsuits that are split down the middle with a different colour on each half and printed with flowers in various colours. The masked figures carry gold bottles and silver cups in their hands. Two men play large round drums in different parts of the crowd. There are also two men on horses who wear furry pants. A woman carries a silver stick with an elaborate cross at its top. Five men play gold and silver horn instruments around the perimeter of the paddock. Within the paddock, four men wave patterned textiles in various colours in front of a large black bull.

Culture
Ecuadorian
Made in
Tigua, Cotopaxi, Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Parrot Figure2903/57

Carved wooden parrot. The head of the parrot is angular: flat on top with either side meeting the front and back of the head at an acute angle. The beak of the parrot points downwards. The edge of the beak and the parrot’s eyes are incised into the wood. The head is the highest point of the parrot’s body which is on a low horizontal plane. Its wings are closed, resting along the bird’s back. The figure is balanced on top of a base. The base is rectangular with two lines in the middle of either side to represent the parrot’s feet. Its tail is long, thin and slopes slightly downwards.

Culture
Canelos Quichua
Material
wood
Made in
Pastaza, Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tigua Painting2903/78

Small Tigua painting depicting peasant life. The canvas is a piece of skin stretched and nailed over a wooden frame. The outside of the frame is painted black. The landscape is broken up into shapes with straight and curvilinear lines. On the left side, in the foreground, there is a square yellow patch in which a man and woman are cutting grains. In front, there are six bundles of grain and behind there is a dense field. They both hold large sickles in their hands. There is a dark green field inhabited by grey llamas. On the left side of the painting, there are raised bluffs above the field of llamas. They are bright green with large leafy plants, large pink flowers, small pink flowers, yellow flowers and bushy green trees against the horizon. There are also bluffs on the right side of the painting. The two bluffs are separated by a dark dirt road that curves down from the middle to the right side of the painting. There are three people walking up this road; two men who have tall bundles of grain strapped to their backs and a woman in a pink shirt and dark blue skirt. A white dog trails behind the woman. Walking down the hill are a woman and a man. At the bottom of the road, there are two buildings. One has a brown roof and grey walls and the other has a light brown roof and white walls. There is also a bundle of sticks and a large orange pot with a handle. There are two different patches of land on the bluffs on the right side of the painting. One is dark green with small dense tufts of pink and green flowers. Above this patch, there is one with a dark green background with plants that have blue stems and yellow and pink flowers. Also atop the right bluff, there are two buildings and a tree against the horizon. The sky is a mixture of yellow and light blue paint. There are many black birds in silhouette against the sky.

Culture
Ecuadorian
Made in
Tigua, Cotopaxi, Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Angel Figure2903/39 a-b

Figure of a black angel with a brown wooden base (part b). The figure has a black head and hands formed out of clay. The head of the figure is hair formed from many green cone-like shapes. There are small gold-coloured beads embedded in the cone-like shapes. The figure has white eyes with brown irises; its lips are red. The head is hollow to accommodate the base. The angel does not have a neck; instead, its head is attached to a knitted t-shaped dress, from which the angel’s arms are extended outwards. The dress has wool fibres intermingled with plant fibres. There are various small objects affixed to the dress. There are four bottle caps placed across the angel’s chest and arms. The bottle cap on the furthest left has a small image printed on paper embedded within it. The image depicts an angel appearing to a group of people with a European-style cathedral in the background. The image in the bottle cap to the right depicts a young shepherd holding a staff and surrounded by sheep. Right of this bottle cap, another image in a bottle cap depicts an older shepherd with a halo. The bottle cap on the furthest right has an image in it depicting an angel in a pink dress feeding birds. Below the bottle caps, on the left side of the angel’s torso, there is a small clothes pin that is painted blue. The clip holds a rectangular piece of paper with an image of a man printed on it; he is depicted from the torso up. The man has black hair and a black mustache. The man wears a blue suit jacket, blue vest and blue tie over a white dress shirt; he also has a white pocket square. Right of the image of the man is a miniature clear plastic bottle with a blue liquid inside. The bottle is tied to the dress with purple ribbon. Next to the bottle, there is a small bronze-coloured cross attached to the dress. Right of the cross, a miniature white and blue ceramic spoon is tied to the dress with purple ribbon. Below the picture of the man, there is a miniature white and blue cup tied to the dress with purple ribbon. Right of the cup, there is another bottle cap that has an image embedded within it. The image depicts Madonna holding baby Jesus. Both figures wear elaborate crowns and are surrounded by a yellow halo. Next to the bottle cap, there is a small clothes pin painted red. On the right side of the dress, there is a gold-coloured coin with an image of a domed building on one side and an image of Jesus Christ on the other. It is tied to the dress with green ribbon. Below the cup, there is a small plastic figure of a baby tied to the dress with a green ribbon. It has brown hair, black eyes and red lips. Right of the baby, there is a bottle cap with an image printed on paper embedded within it. The image depicts Jesus Christ holding a lamb. Below this bottle cap, there is a bronze-coloured flower with a stem and two leaves. Next to the flower, in the lower right corner of the dress, there is a bottle cap with an image of Jesus Christ sitting and praying embedded in it. The angel’s wings are made of two pieces of silver metal. They are knitted into the back of the dress. The base is formed by a thin cylindrical piece of wood that is held in a square wooden base.

Culture
Argentine
Material
wool fibre, clay, metal, plastic, wood and plant fibre
Made in
Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Staff2903/24

Wooden staff used by Corpus Christi dancers. The Corpus Christi festival celebrates the Eucharist as the body of Christ. The handle of the staff has a square profile with rounded edges. At the top end of the staff, the handle attaches to a star with 14 points. In the centre of the star, there is a round piece of mirror encased in a thin metal frame. One nail is visible in the metal frame. At the very top of the star, there is a small cross protruding from the back of the star. It is missing one of its horizontal transepts. It is affixed to the back of the cross with a metal nail.

Culture
Ecuadorian
Material
wood, glass and metal
Made in
Cotopaxi, Ecuador ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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