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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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Retablo Altar2903/5

Small altar with a wood base covered with fibre then a clay-like substance. The side and top walls of the altar are painted red-brown. The front of the object is painted pink with yellow, red, green and white detailing. There is a decorative edge slightly offset from the front of the object that wraps around the side walls and the top of the altar. The undulating lines of the edge are accentuated with yellow and red painted borders. The interior walls of the altar are light brown. There is a light grey and yellow pattern with purple flowers painted over top the light brown. A three-dimensional plastic figure of a man is standing within the altar. The man has a halo and a Franciscan style haircut. He holds a gold dagger in his left hand. He wears a white dress with blue lines underneath a short-sleeved robe. It is pink with a yellow, red, green and gold pattern over top. He stands on a three-part plinth. The top of the plinth is white with blue lines, the lower portion is gold and the bottom portion is green. The back and bottom of the altar are light grey.

Culture
Bolivian
Material
wood, fibre, paint, metal and clay
Made in
Bolivia
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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Wind Musical Instrument2847/119

Clay ocarina in the shape of an animal. The rounded body of the instrument has a protruding face with a round nose and large eyes set high on the head. The mouth and a large hole under the chin (the windcutter) both open into the hollow chamber of the body. On the back of the creature is a narrow bump with a hole bored through, possibly a necklace ring, and behind this are four pitch holes. The creature has four coil legs that curl slightly on the torso and become small feet that somewhat support the ocarina.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay
Made in
Costa Rica ? or Nicaragua ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wind Musical Instrument2847/118

Clay ocarina has a rounded, bulbous body, with the mouthpiece set low and containing a windway with a windcutter below. The instrument has two conical legs, above which emerges a figure with protruding arms, head and face. Below the chin is a thick rounded curve, decorated with a slightly protruding and incised coil of clay, that serves as a necklace ring. On the top of the instrument four pitch holes have been bored through to the ocarina’s hollow inner chamber. The instrument is decorated across the top with incised lines and circles.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay
Made in
Costa Rica ? or Nicaragua ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wind Musical Instrument2847/117

Clay ocarina. The instrument is irregular in shape, with three round, connected globes, beneath which is a group of coils. Two of the globes have two pitch holes each, one on either side, while the third has a larger round opening with a thick rim. Amongst the coils are more openings, some of which lead into the ocarina’s hollow interior, which has multiple connected chambers.

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