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Figure2847/107

Small clay figure, seated, short legs spread wide. The head is triangular, pointed at front, and painted with a red slash to either side for a mouth, black ‘v’ shapes for eyes, and brown and black stripes across top and back. The torso is decorated with two black dots at the chest and a square with dots on the stomach. The single arm curves down from shoulder to rest on thigh and is painted with black stripes. The other arm is missing. The bottom rear of the figure is decorated with a painted design of black dots and lines. Two holes are bored into the figure’s bottom.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Costa Rica ? or Nicaragua ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pot2847/104

Small clay pot with three legs. Pot has a wide mouth, with the neck flaring out below to a sharp shoulder that recedes to a rounded bottom. The neck is decorated with a series of incised lines and triangles in a semi-regular pattern. At the front, just below the rim is a small animal head, perhaps of a turtle, with large indented eys and a sharp snout. The legs of the pot and conical, with the points to the bottom.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Costa Rica ? or Nicaragua ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dish2847/103

Small clay dish with three legs. Dish has a wide mouth, slightly flared at the rim, with straight walls that recede to a sharp edge, at which point the pot recedes further to a rounded bottom. The three legs are conical, each with a prominent pointed shoulder. An animal head sits at the shoulders, with protruding snouts and indented eyes. Legs are hollow, with a hole in the back of each. A slight rattle emanates from the legs when the dish is moved.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Costa Rica ? or Nicaragua ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wind Musical Instrument2847/132

Clay ocarina. The body is bulbous and squat with a long mouthpiece extending to the front with a windway that opens on a windcutter bored into the body on the underside. Four pitch holes are bored into the top in an evenly spaced square, surrounded by incised dot and line decoration. Behind is a protruding nub with a necklace hole. A ridge circles the back of the body at the midpoint, decorated with incised lines. On the bottom of the instrument is a slightly protruding face with vertical slits for eyes, a large round nose with prominent nostrils and a thick lipped mouth.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay
Made in
Costa Rica ? or Nicaragua ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wind Musical Instrument2847/129

Clay ocarina in the shape of an animal head(?). Ocarina is rounded with a short snout, blunt at one end, and has a large hole on the underside that opens into the hollow centre of the object. The top of the head has two curved projections and beneath the right-most a small pitch hole has been bored. To each side are small outcroppings with evidence of missing material. A pitch hole with a slight rim is bored into the back of the head. The bottom of the ocarina is flat.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Costa Rica ? or Nicaragua ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wind Musical Instrument2847/127

Clay ocarina in the shape of a jug. The body is long and somewhat bulbous, wider at the base, with a straight neck and thick, slightly flaring rim. The mouth is filled and does not continue into the interior body of the jug. On the outside is a protruding mouthpiece with a windway opening next to an oblong windcutter bored into the hollow body of the ocarina. Next to the mouthpiece is an outcropping necklace ring, and beside that, two pitch holes. The instrument is decorated with brown and orange pigment on body, rim and base.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Costa Rica ? or Nicaragua ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wind Musical Instrument2847/126

Clay ocarina in a donut shape. A thin mouthpiece projects at an upward angle from one side of the instrument, containing a windway that opens into a windcutter on the underside. Four pitch holes are bored into the top of the ocarina and three triangular nodes project from the sides, each with a hole bored through. The bottom, sides, and part of the top are decorated with incised lines in curves and triangles.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Costa Rica ? or Nicaragua ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wind Musical Instrument2847/125

Clay ocarina in the shape of a bird. A thick, flat tail serves at the mouthpiece, with a windway that opens into a windcutter on the underside. Short wings are attached to a round body with two pitch holes bored into the chest. A small oblong head with a pointed beak sits on top of a curved neck with a hole bored horizontally though. On the underside are two rounded stubs that balance the bird and allow it to sit upright. The back and wings are decorated with curved lines of brown and orange pigment.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Costa Rica ? or Nicaragua ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wind Musical Instrument2847/123

Clay ocarina is composed of two nearly identical sides connected at top and bottom with a thin neck of clay. Each side has a long neck with a wider body, topped by a protruding nub. A wide incision at the mouth separates airflow into two chambers (windways), and each side of the instrument has its own windcutter beneath. Each also has a single pitch hole at the opposite end from the mouthpiece. The top of the ocarina is decorated with orange and dark brown pigment in circles and lines. The bottom is undecorated and two tiny nubs serve as 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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Wind Musical Instrument2847/122

Clay ocarina. The squat, bulbous body is topped by a conical protrusion which contains a diagonally bored hole (windway), beneath which is a large opening (windcutter) into the hollow body of the instrument. A smaller cone is situated on the bottom of the ocarina, also with a hole bored from the top into the body. Three small perforations sit on the surface of the object but do not pierce through. The ocarina is decorated with dark brown and orange pigments in symmetrical line patterns.

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