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Dish2847/5

Small ceramic dish, cup shaped, with a wide, open mouth narrowing to a rounded bottom. The exterior body is painted orange with six darker orange stripes meeting at the bottom. The interior is also orange, with the darker orange encircling the rim and lines crossing through the centre. The pot rests on three conical legs with pointed shoulders. One of the legs has broken off at the tip and been reattached.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and pigment
Made in
Costa Rica ? or Nicaragua ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pot2847/3

Small ceramic pot, wide at the shoulder and narrowing toward a rounded bottom. The shoulder is decorated with many small protruding round dots, somewhat evenly spaced. Remnants of dark red pigment can be seen in the spaces between them. The pot has no neck, with the shoulder curving into a large mouth with a thick rim. The interior of the pot is smooth.

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 Instrument2847/112

Clay ocarina in the shape of an animal, possibly a ram. The instrument has a round body standing on four widely spaced conical legs and a thick, upcurving tail. The head and face are well defined, with a round snout and open mouth, round incised eyes, and protrusions on the head possibly representing horns. Two small holes are bored into the ocarina, one through the neck, and one into the hollow body, just below the tail.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay
Made in
Costa Rica ? or Nicaragua ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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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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Dish2847/101

Terracotta tripod dish with a slightly flared rim and concave outer sides on a relatively deep, flat-bottomed body. The exterior of the dish is painted with a series of black lines and light brown and orange blocks of colour. The bottom is not painted. On the inside wall are interspersing red and light brown designs as well as encircling lines of colour. The interior bottom is painted with lines and curls surrounding a central light coloured figure. The dish has three large legs in the shape of human-like faces. The eyes, brows, and nose protrude and are emphasized with black paint. The ears also protrude. The mouths are at the bottom, open, and with the chin supporting the weight of the pot. Each leg is hollow and contains a clay rattle-ball.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Vessel2847/100 a-b

Linea Vieja style terracotta tripod vessel. The small central pot has a flaring rim on a straight short neck, a pronounced shoulder and an elongated, rounded body with a curved bottom. The pot is suspended between three long, thick, hollow legs, conical in shape with curved bottom tips. Inside the legs are two or three small clay balls that rattle when the vessel is moved. At the shoulder of each leg sits a vulture, wings drawn in, necks curved so heads droop. Below the heads are small animal faces with indented eyes and open mouths. The vultures have long legs with prominent knees and incised toes.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Costa Rica
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Retablo Altar2903/15

Small altar containing three dimensional figures representing the nativity. The exterior of the object is painted yellow-white. The side walls and top of the altar are bordered with dark blue. On each side of the altar, there are successive rows of yellow and pink dots over top the yellow-white background. The door of the object is attached to the altar with two pieces of leather that serve as hinges. There is a flower painted on the front of the door. It has pink, blue and green petals. Above the door, there is a triangular piece of wood attached to the front of the roof, giving the façade a triangular roofline. On the inside of the door, there is a pink flower with green leaves. Inside the altar, the back and side walls are painted dark blue. There are gold stars in the sky. At the back of the scene within the altar, two haloed figures stand in either corner. On the left side, the figure is a man who holds a staff in his left hand. In the right corner, the figure is a woman who has her hands clasped in prayer. Both of the figures look upon baby Jesus, who lies on a circular crib between them. The crib is yellow and has a crimped edge that is painted pink and gold. In front of baby Jesus, on the left side, there is a kneeling angel with yellow wings and a red cloak. She has her hands clasped in prayer. Opposite the angel, on the right side, there is a man in a brown hat and jacket; he plays a flute-like instrument. There are two sheep lying in front of the baby. One of them reclines on all fours. The other stands as if he is sniffing the baby. Both of the animals sit upon green mounds. There is a piece of tape stuck to the back of the object with a number written on it in blue pen.

Culture
Peruvian
Material
wood, paint, leather skin, clay and metal
Made in
Ayacucho, Peru
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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