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Vessel3150/3

Clay bull. Animal stands on short legs, neck wide and muscular, head held high with large curving horns to either side of a mop of tightly curling hair. Dewlap is pronounced below throat, and stomach is rounded and hangs low. Tail curves up onto back. At top centre of back is a hole with a short neck and rounded rim leading into the hollow centre of the vessel. Right side of animal has incised designs on hip and withers, and is covered in a shiny mottled brown glaze. Opposite side is matte.

Culture
Peruvian
Material
clay, paint and glaze
Made in
Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Vessel3150/2

Clay bull. Animal stands on short legs, neck wide and muscular, head held high, with short horns above protruding ears to either side of a mop of hair. Brow is prominent and holds two etched eyes while snout shows an incised mouth and nostrils. Stomach is rounded and hangs low, each side painted with a large oval of red-brown. Tail curves up onto back and is decorated in a stamped herringbone pattern. At top centre of back is a hole with a short neck and rounded rim leading into the hollow centre of the vessel.

Culture
Peruvian
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Vessel3150/1

Clay bull. Animal stands with head raised on a wide muscular neck, horns curving to the front over small square ears. Eyes are incised, as are nostrils and mouth, and tongue rises to lick nose. Loops of clay decorate the face and fall down the animal’s chest in a double row. Pin wheels are placed at edges of mouth, on head, back of neck and sides of stomach. Tail curves to rest on back and falls to the side, long and wide, with defined hair at end. On centre of back is a hole surrounded by a tall flaring neck that leads into the hollow centre of the vessel. Figure is painted a mottled orange and yellow-green overall with brown lines and swirls and the outlines of a saddle.

Culture
Peruvian
Material
clay, paint and glaze
Made in
Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Quipu3177/12

Quipu, or string abacus. Five thin strands of twisted wool fibre are tied to a light yellow cord. The five strands each carry a series of knots, used as a counting or record keeping system. One of the strands is a grey-green colour, another is brown and tan, and the remaining three are light brown.

Culture
Andes
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Textile3177/11

Textile fragment in the shape of a simple face, slightly wider and curved at top, narrowing toward chin. Eyes and mouth are large, rounded spots of orange. The fragment is comprised of two layers of material, creating an open space between.

Culture
Andes
Material
wool fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3177/9

Woven textile constructed of fine strands of wool in an open weave resembling a grid. Large geometric shapes are incorporated into the piece by filling connected squares of the grid with extra strands of wool in criss-cross patterns. Small areas of the weave are stained pale orange.

Culture
Andes
Material
wool fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2903/23 a-b

Carved wooden figure of man (part a). He wears a knitted hat on his head (part b). The hat is yellow-white and brown wool. The man has a large forehead with a heavy brow. He also has a large protruding nose. The man’s face is painted red-brown and his pupils and beard are painted black. His torso is blocky and he does not have arms. There is a small protrusion at the bottom of his torso between his legs (presumably phallic). The legs are long and blocky, as are the feet. There is a number written in coloured pencil on his leg and (in different coloured pencil) on the back of the head.

Culture
Chimu ?
Material
wood, paint and wool fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Band2990/930

Band made of dyed camelid wool threads. Black weft camelid wool threads and orange-red, green-grey and red dyed camelid wool warp threads. Top of band is 1x1 (weft and warp), orange-red and has a semi-translucent effect, grey-green middle part is 1x1 and has two lower horizontal red bands, below there is an intersecting network of brown warp and weft camelid threads. Plain weave technique and "S" torsion; band is brown edged. Broken, worn and incomplete.

Culture
Nasca
Material
camelid wool fibre and dye
Made in
Cordero Alto, Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Trumpet Horn2990/881

Model conch horn, with raised stop on cone and open mouthpiece at one end. Male figure on top of conch has a hole for suspension between his hands. Figure has a triangle design on his forehead and a serrated and dot incised headdress. Five incised lines on conch; raised stop is between the fourth and fifth. Partially polished surface. Well preserved.

Culture
Cajamarca
Material
clay
Made in
Cajamarca, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Whistle2990/823

Ocarina with two small openings on the side and one big opening on top. Bird form with head looking up, suspension hole in neck, faint traces of negative bands in body resembling waves and conical form at the end of body. Burnished surface. Slightly broken.

Culture
Viru
Material
clay and paint
Made in
La Libertad, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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