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Wind Musical Instrument2847/115

Clay ocarina has a round, bulbous body with three conical legs, and a long mouthpiece with a windway and windcutter below. On the sides are two narrow, oblong outcroppings, and a knob of clay to the back. The area around the base of this knob has been gouged. The instrument is decorated on the top with a strip of incised lines in a triangular pattern.

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 Instrument2847/113

Clay ocarina in the shape of an animal, possibly a jaguar. A thick tail contains a windway with a windcutter beneath, and widens into the body of an animal decorated with black spots standing on four legs. Holes are bored into the instrument’s hollow inner chamber from each side of the torso, the neck, and through the protruding ears. Two elongated holes are bored through the cheeks as well. A small perforation serves as a mouth.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Costa Rica ? or Nicaragua ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dish2847/109

Round clay dish. Mouth is wide, with short sloping sides that recede to a flat, round bottom. The inside of the dish is decorated with painted designs in circles, lines and colour blocks in orange, tan and brown-grey, including a rectangle in the bottom centre with a pattern obscured by a dark residue. The exterior lip is covered by a wide, painted encircling line. Remnants of more thick lines can be seen on the exterior, but are faint.

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 Instrument2847/120

Clay ocarina, circular with a rounded base. A thin coil of clay winds around the sides of the object to the top, where it makes an vertical and slightly pointed protrusion with a bored necklace hole and a small oblong hole (a windway) bored vertically. Below this is a large semi-circular opening (the windcutter) bored into the hollow centre of the instrument. There is a pitch hole to the side of the protrusion and one on the bottom. The ocarina is decorated with black 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 Instrument2847/114

Clay ocarina in a V shape, joined by a thin neck of clay at top. One side is topped by two small round protrusions, with two holes beneath bored into the hollow chamber of the instrument. Two more holes are bored at the bottom of the V, and a fifth at the top of the second arm. The ocarina is decorated with incised patterns of lines.

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 Instrument2847/130

Small, clay ocarina in the shape of an animal. The body is globular, balancing on three conical legs. The head has a protruding snout and eye, with a windway that opens above a round windcutter in the centre of the animal’s chest. Behind the head is a necklace hole. A round knob of a tail is attached at the back of the body and two small pitch holes pierce low on the sides into the instrument’s hollow centre.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay
Made in
Costa Rica ? or Nicaragua ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SherdE99

Grey clay sherd with a red(?) slip; triangular in shape. The sherd consists of a conical shaped top with vertical incisions on top of two triangular rings – one of which has an oval shaped incised pattern. The back is flat, smooth and concaved in shape while the bottom is flat.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and pigment
Made in
Nicaragua
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SherdE102

Pentagonal shaped, grey clay sherd. The exterior is flat with three semi-circular lobes giving the object a paw-like appearance. The inside consists of a flat base and a triangular shaped edge that lines one corner; there’s a large circular hole in the middle.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and pigment ?
Made in
Nicaragua
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SherdE104

Grey clay sherd consisting of a triangular shaped head-like projection on an oval shaped base that is slightly concaved on the underside. The pottery fragment has a red slip and is hollow on the inside with two small, circular holes on either side and one large, oval hole in the neck or bottom.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and pigment
Made in
Nicaragua
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureE96

Conical-like shape, grey clay sherd with a cream slip. The figure consists of an animal head with horns and an open mouth; it has raised eyes and ears. The object is painted orange, brown and black with a line design on the figures neck. The inside is hollow.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and pigment
Made in
Nicaragua
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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