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Spindle3060/13

Small spindle whorl. The long, thin wooden shaft is pointed at both ends, thicker at centre, where it pierces a clay bead. Encircling lines in brown, black and white paint decorate the shaft on both sides of the bead. The bead is long, round, and narrow, decorated with incised lines in geometric shaped, and filled with paint in white and orange.

Culture
Paracas ?
Material
wood, clay and paint
Made in
Ica, Peru ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spindle3060/12

Small spindle and whorl. The long, thin wooden shaft is pointed at both ends, thicker at centre, where it pierces a clay bead. Small sections of black paint, very worn, decorate the shaft on both sides of the bead. The bead is wide and bulbous pointed at midpoint, with a line of dripping black paint above the midpoint, and a single encircling line of red brown below.

Culture
Paracas ?
Material
wood, clay and paint
Made in
Ica, Peru ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spindle3060/11

Small spindle and whorl. The long, thin wooden shaft is pointed at both ends, thicker at centre, where it pierces a clay bead. Encircling stripes of white, brown, and red brown paint decorate the shaft on both sides of the bead. The bead is bulbous, painted black, with three groups of concentric circles carved into the clay and painted white.

Culture
Paracas ?
Material
wood, clay and paint
Made in
Ica, Peru ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bowl2990/100

Modified hemispherical greyware bowl decorated on the exterior sides with vertical serpentine motifs in alternating orange-red and cream-coloured paints. The bowl has been completely broken and reconstructed, and there are some small pieces missing.

Culture
Chavin and Paracas
Material
clay, paint and adhesive
Made in
Teojate, Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bowl2990/99

Modified hemispherical greyware bowl with a beveled lip and broad line cross-hatched incised decoration on the exterior sides. There is a thin crack on one side, beginning at the lip and extending down the side.

Culture
Chavin and Paracas
Material
clay
Made in
Teojate, Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Single Spout Bottle2990/98

Single spout globular greyware bottle with incised four point calyx motif decoration around base of spout. The base is slightly rounded.

Culture
Chavin and Paracas
Material
clay
Made in
Teojate, Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Dipper2990/57 a-b

Partially repaired fragment of a greyware dipper bowl, with incised and painted decoration. Several base and rim sherds have been glued together to reconstruct part of the bowl (part a), and a few smaller sherds for a section of the rim (part b). Parts a and b fit together. The incised decoration around the rim depicts a panel with a feline mask (without fangs) and a panel of stepped diagonals to the left. There are traces of red and yellow paint, as well as traces of white residue on the decorative panels.

Culture
Paracas
Material
clay, paint and adhesive
Made in
Teojate, Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Single Spout Bottle2990/72

Large brownware bottle with a human head around the spout and a globular body with root-marked mottled patina. The head is rounded at the back, with two large protruding ears with holes through the lobes at the sides, and an angled jaw and chin line. The eyes and mouth are indicated by single wide linear depressions, and there are short vertical incised lines at the mouth. There is an incised panel on each cheek with horizontal zigzag lines. The ears have been reconstructed, as has some chipping at the rim. A few sherds on the body have been broken and repaired.

Culture
Paracas
Material
clay, paint, adhesive and plaster ?
Made in
Teojate, Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Single Spout Bottle2990/59

Single spout greyware bottle with a four-point mace from body. Below the cylindrical spout there is a raised, rounded neck ring incised with three "Eye of God" motifs separated by vertical lines. There are traces of red and white paint one the decoration. One point has been broken and repaired.

Culture
Paracas
Material
clay, paint, adhesive and plaster ?
Made in
Teojate, Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Single Spout Bottle2990/58

Double horizontally compressed ovoid form greyware bottle with a single spout. The compressed ovoid shape gives the appearance of two lobes with a channel between running the circumference of the body, from the base of the spout on one side to the other. Around the base of the short cylindrical spout there is an incised double ring, the inner section is painted red. Extending out from the ring on either side is a small pendant panel of incised linear geometric design depicting the "Eye of God" motif. There is red paint and traces of a cream-coloured residue on sections of the decoration. The bottle has been completely broken and reconstructed with areas of in-fill.

Culture
Paracas
Material
clay, paint, adhesive and plaster ?
Made in
Teojate, Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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