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Bottle2990/484

Stirrup-spout terracotta bottle with ovoid ring base. Three mountain peaks with a painted sacrificed person lying over central one, holding serpent in left hand, cactus in right. Figure below is holding a cactus with his left hand. Lower-front body has a deity figure grabbing a cactus with right hand and a weapon with the left; he is fighting a Moche god who is wearing a feline headdress and is grabbing a weapon with his right hand and pulling his hair with the left. Back design has a representation of three figures: small zoomorphic figure falling down on the left side, a male holding a bag over his right shoulder and a cactus in his left hand, and a Moche god wearing a bird headdress, holding a bag on his back and three spears with his left hand. Breakage restored.

Culture
Moche
Material
plaster, clay and paint
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cup2990/474

Small molded cup with flat base and flaring rim. Lower part of body has incised geometrical band in relief. Painted band of four red-brown and cream feline heads delineated in black below rim. Burnished surface.

Culture
Wari
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Chancay, Lima, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cup2990/470

Small molded cup with flat base and flaring rim. Lower part of body has a geometrical band incised and in relief. Painted band of four red-brown and cream feline heads delineated in black below rim. Burnished surface.

Culture
Wari
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Chancay, Lima, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bottle2990/422

Small polished and polychrome bottle with double spout, bridge handle, capped form and rounded base. Five painted humming birds with long and thin beaks in red-brown, orange-brown, black, grey and light orange on cream background. Red-brown spouts and bridge handle, upper half black, rounded base orange, with red-brown ring band. Breakage not restored.

Culture
Nasca
Material
clay, paint and adhesive
Made in
Nasca, Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bottle2990/250

Double conical spout bottle with bowl base and bridge handle. Painted designs of ten varicoloured hummingbirds in orange-brown, red-brown, gray, gray-brown, light-brown and black on cream ground. Bowl base has black and brown pelt marks separated by black vertical lines on cream ground. Molded manufacture; burnished surface.

Culture
Nasca
Material
adhesive, clay and paint
Made in
Nasca, Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spindle Whorl2990/935

83 spindle whorls, with different incised designs. Group a: thirteen whorls with two semioval incisions, dots in the interior and between designs. Group b: six whorls with incised semioval design, interior has two incised dots in horizontal position and two between designs in vertical position. Group c: eight whorls with incised semioval design; three dots in the interior and dots between designs. Group d: thirty two whorls with three vertical painted lines in red; Group e: five whorls with semioval incised designs, two vertical lines in the interior and traces of red paint. Group f: six whorls with incised circles and dots in the interior. Group g: eight whorls with round shapes. Group h: two whorls: one has a triangular shape and incised dots divided by vertical lines; the other has the same characteristics, but rounded. Group i: three whorls, one has traces of red paint, semioval incised designs and one short vertical line on top of a horizontal line in the interior; the second has round semioval incised designs; the third has three perforated holes. Some in the set are slightly broken; most show wear.

Culture
Paracas
Material
stone, clay and paint
Made in
Teojate, Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile2990/934

Woven cloth with 35 geometric profile bird designs on light red-brown ground; light yellow and blue horizontal bands above them. Birds have triangular tails, square designs inside diamond bodies, long beaks and red eyes. Tapestry and embroidery techniques. Dyed cotton and camelid wool threads. Incomplete.

Culture
Chancay ?
Material
cotton fibre, camelid wool fibre and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag2990/924

Bag made of yellow-brown, black and brown camelid wool threads in "S" torsion. Five bands of geometric motifs at both sides of bag: two of yellow-brown crosses in vertical position, two of triangular faces in black ground and horizontal lines at their bases and one of geometric motifs. Vertical-tubular borders have double black diamond designs in vertical position. Incomplete.

Culture
Paracas
Material
camelid wool fibre
Made in
Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile2990/922

Woven textile in brown, black and grey-brown camelid wool threads. Square designs arranged in a repetitive pattern. Each square has different motifs: fish, birds, horizontal lines, double squares and squares with "u" designs inside. Bands of plain weave technique (1x2) at both sides of square motifs and edged with embroidery tassels that end in black and brown tubular cross-knit strings (knotted at the end). Incomplete.

Culture
Paracas
Material
camelid wool fibre
Made in
Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Vessel3111/22

Deer effigy burnished bottle with single globular-tubular spout, strap-bridge handle and horizontal tubular body with two flattened sides. Terracotta with negative geometrical decoration consisting of two bands of three crosses at both sides of body, square band with negative dots in animal chest and vertical lines in bridge handle. Circular ears, elongated eyes, incised mouth and in relief snout. Eight holes in head and tail as strap handle in vertical position.

Culture
Moche
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Piura, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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