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Wind Musical Instrument2847/116

Clay ocarina. A long mouthpiece with windway and windcutter widens into a round body with a small oblong outcropping on each side and an elaborate necklace ring at the top back. Four pitch holes are bored into the top of the ocarina through to its hollow centre. The top and back are decorated with incised patterns of lines, dots and triangles. The instrument stands on three conical legs.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay
Made in
Costa Rica ? or Nicaragua ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pot2847/102

Painted terracotta footed pot. The body is tall and egg shaped, with a somewhat rough rim around a narrow mouth. It is painted with the image of a feathered serpent, with flowing lines, dots and patterns coloured in orange and brown and has a cream slip. The pot has a prominent foot that flares downward and is decorated with encircling lines of brown and orange. The bottom of the pot inside the foot is very round, as if continuing the egg shape of the body. The interior of the pot is undecorated.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2903/37

Painted ceramic figure of a woman. Atop her head there is a red basket with 6 pieces of round fruit painted in various bright colours. Her left hand is upraised to support the fruit. In the crook of her right arm is another basket, with a handle, containing purple fruit with green stems. The woman has black curly hair that falls down her back in two braids. Between the braids, there is a slit into which coins can be inserted. The woman’s face has been unevenly painted with two different skin tones. She has rosy pink cheeks. The woman wears gold earrings and a gold necklace and wears a white short-sleeved blouse with red and green embroidery around the neck and the sleeves. Overtop of the blouse, there is a sleeveless v-neck poncho with an asymmetrical hem with a fringe around the edge. The top half of the poncho has a pattern with red, yellow, blue and brown stripes and black dots. The lower portion of the poncho has a pattern with blue, black, red and brown cross-hatching over a yellow background. Her skirt is wide, yellow and A-line. Along the bottom edge of the skirt there is a green, blue, pink and red design with flowers. The woman’s small feet are visible beneath her skirt, wearing blue shoes with yellow dots. She stands on a green base. The bottom of the figure is indented; the edge is painted orange. There is a small hole in the bottom.

Culture
Ecuadorian
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2903/36

Painted ceramic figure of a woman. Atop the woman’s head is a brown basket with 6 pieces of fruit painted in various bright colours. The woman supports the basket with her upraised left arm, and in the crook of her right arm holds a yellow basket with a handle, containing orange-red fruit with green tops. The woman has curly black hair which falls down her back in two black braids. Between the braids is a slit in which to place coins. She wears gold earrings and a gold necklace. Also, she is wearing a light green short-sleeved blouse with dark green and red embroidery around the neck and sleeves. Over top of the blouse, there is a short-sleeved poncho. The poncho is sleeveless, has a v-neck and an asymmetrical hem with fringe along the edge. It has a red background with an orange and yellow design and drapes over her voluminous dark green skirt. Along the bottom edge of the skirt, there is a pattern in yellow, blue and red. Underneath the skirt, her small red shoes are visible with yellow dots on them. She stands on a green base. The bottom of the figure is indented and unpainted. It has a small hole in the centre.

Culture
Ecuadorian
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2903/41

Low-fired pottery figure of a woman with orange detailing. The woman’s hair is in two braids which meet at the top of her head. Eyebrows, a nose with nostrils, eyes, lips and ears have been added to her face. There are small lines incised in her eyebrows to represent hairs and there are small lines around her eyes to represent wrinkles or eyelashes. Orange tear drop earrings hang from her ears. She also wears an orange necklace made of six orange dots of clay. In her left arm she carries a pot which is positioned so that the opening faces the front. The pot has an orange rim. There is a basket in her right arm; it has an orange handle made from two pieces of twisted clay. In the middle of her body there is a flower with orange petals. She wears a round skirt to the ground. On the front of the skirt there are two birds in profile facing each other; there is another flower with orange petals in between their bodies. The bird’s feet and feathers are incised in the clay. Directly below the bird’s feet are the woman’s own small feet, which stick out from under her skirt. Around the back of her skirt, there are three more flowers with orange petals. On both sides of each of these flowers, there are two orange leaves or petals. The interior of the woman’s body is hollow.

Culture
Mexican
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Oaxaca, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2903/44

Low-fired pottery with painted accents depicting Adam and Eve and the devil. Adam, on the left side of the object, is the tallest figure represented. He has a large head and a wide neck. His hair, which hangs down his back, and his pupils are painted red-brown. His mouth is agape and he holds his hands upwards as if in shock. His fingers, nipples and a loin cloth around his waist are painted red-brown. Eve is on the right side of the object; she has a wide head and neck. Her hair, pupils, and skirt are painted red-brown. She does not wear a shirt and her belly button is visible. In her left hand she holds an apple up to her mouth; the apple is painted red-brown. The devil is between the two figures. He has horns atop his head and a hunched back and is sitting in the top of an apple tree with many pieces of fruit. The devil and the tree are primarily painted red-brown. The figures stand on top of a rounded mound. The bottom of the object is slightly indented.

Culture
Peruvian
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Quinua, Ayacucho, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2903/43

Low-fired pottery depicting the murder of Pizarro, a Spanish Conquistador. His murderer, on the left side of the object, wears a flat-brimmed hat with feather on the back side. The details of the hat are painted red-brown. His eyebrows are angled downward giving him an angry countenance. He has a red-brown mustache. The murderer wears a cape to the floor; it has a raised portion on the left side. He holds a blade in his left hand which is on the front side of the object. This arm has a very large bicep and red-brown detailing. The murderer’s right arm rests on a stool between his body and that of Pizarro. His right arm has incised detailing suggesting that he wears a puffed sleeve. Pizarro is in a seated position with his upper body leaning far back. His legs are closest to the body of his murderer and are angled outwards around the stool. He wears red brown boots and short pants with incised detailing. His jacket, which also has incised detailing, is open. There is red brown blood on his chest. Pizarro’s arms are spread outwards. There are epaulets on his shoulders. His arm at the back of the object has lost its hand. The hand grasps a weapon with two prongs on either side. Pizarro has a full beard that is shown with incised detailing and red brown paint. His cap has pointed details on top and on the front of it. It also has ear flaps. The chair that Pizarro sits on is very low to the ground; it does not have legs. The two men are standing on a thin rectangular base with a bevelled edge.

Culture
Peruvian
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Quinua, Ayacucho, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Angel Figure2903/39 a-b

Figure of a black angel with a brown wooden base (part b). The figure has a black head and hands formed out of clay. The head of the figure is hair formed from many green cone-like shapes. There are small gold-coloured beads embedded in the cone-like shapes. The figure has white eyes with brown irises; its lips are red. The head is hollow to accommodate the base. The angel does not have a neck; instead, its head is attached to a knitted t-shaped dress, from which the angel’s arms are extended outwards. The dress has wool fibres intermingled with plant fibres. There are various small objects affixed to the dress. There are four bottle caps placed across the angel’s chest and arms. The bottle cap on the furthest left has a small image printed on paper embedded within it. The image depicts an angel appearing to a group of people with a European-style cathedral in the background. The image in the bottle cap to the right depicts a young shepherd holding a staff and surrounded by sheep. Right of this bottle cap, another image in a bottle cap depicts an older shepherd with a halo. The bottle cap on the furthest right has an image in it depicting an angel in a pink dress feeding birds. Below the bottle caps, on the left side of the angel’s torso, there is a small clothes pin that is painted blue. The clip holds a rectangular piece of paper with an image of a man printed on it; he is depicted from the torso up. The man has black hair and a black mustache. The man wears a blue suit jacket, blue vest and blue tie over a white dress shirt; he also has a white pocket square. Right of the image of the man is a miniature clear plastic bottle with a blue liquid inside. The bottle is tied to the dress with purple ribbon. Next to the bottle, there is a small bronze-coloured cross attached to the dress. Right of the cross, a miniature white and blue ceramic spoon is tied to the dress with purple ribbon. Below the picture of the man, there is a miniature white and blue cup tied to the dress with purple ribbon. Right of the cup, there is another bottle cap that has an image embedded within it. The image depicts Madonna holding baby Jesus. Both figures wear elaborate crowns and are surrounded by a yellow halo. Next to the bottle cap, there is a small clothes pin painted red. On the right side of the dress, there is a gold-coloured coin with an image of a domed building on one side and an image of Jesus Christ on the other. It is tied to the dress with green ribbon. Below the cup, there is a small plastic figure of a baby tied to the dress with a green ribbon. It has brown hair, black eyes and red lips. Right of the baby, there is a bottle cap with an image printed on paper embedded within it. The image depicts Jesus Christ holding a lamb. Below this bottle cap, there is a bronze-coloured flower with a stem and two leaves. Next to the flower, in the lower right corner of the dress, there is a bottle cap with an image of Jesus Christ sitting and praying embedded in it. The angel’s wings are made of two pieces of silver metal. They are knitted into the back of the dress. The base is formed by a thin cylindrical piece of wood that is held in a square wooden base.

Culture
Argentine
Material
wool fibre, clay, metal, plastic, wood and plant fibre
Made in
Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2903/42

Low-fired ceramic depicting Joseph and Mary’s flight to Egypt with baby Jesus. Mary is facing front, while Joseph stands with his back to the viewer on the left. He is petting the donkey on which his wife and child sit. Joseph wears a toque-like hat. Details on the hat and his eyes, mustache and beard are painted dark brown. In his right hand, Joseph holds a piece of dark brown fruit. His other hand touches the nose of the donkey. The neckline and arm bands of his shirt are painted dark brown. There is a harness around the donkey’s head. The animal has brown eyes and brown detailing on its body. Mary sits on the donkey’s back holding her baby. They are sitting on a saddle which is affixed to the donkey by a strap underneath its tail. She wears an elaborate hat on her head. The hat has lost a piece on top of it as indicated by two points of breakage; it may have been a handle. She has a jug strapped to her back. The back of her shirt and the neckline are painted brown. She wears a skirt to her calves. Her shoes are dark brown. The baby wears a hat similar to his father’s. The details on his shirt are painted dark brown. All of the figures are attached to a thin, oblong base.

Culture
Peruvian
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Quinua, Ayacucho, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Retablo Altar2903/16

Small portable altar containing a figure of Saint Anthony holding baby Jesus. The altar itself is a small box painted blue on the left and right sides and the floor of the altar. On the right side of the altar, the wall is affixed using two pieces of leather each with four nails in them. At the front of the altar, there is an arched opening revealing the two figures inside. Above the arch, the front wall extends into a triangular roofline. It is painted yellow with dark green, dark blue and brown detailing. On either side the doorway is flanked by flat columns that are topped by triangles. Thus the roofline has three peaks. The columns are painted yellow-white with red, pink, dark green and dark blue detailing. The interior walls of the altar are also painted yellow-white. Saint Anthony is standing upon a ceramic plinth that is painted white, blue and red. The plinth resembles a mushroom in shape. The figures of Saint Anthony and baby Jesus appear to be made out of plastic. In addition to the plinth, Saint Anthony stands upon a small piece of blue ground. He wears brown sandals and a brown robe. He has short, light brown hair and rosy cheeks. Baby Jesus is swathed in a white blanket that has a cluster of brown spots near the upper right side. Baby Jesus has black eyes, rosy cheeks and red lips. On the top side of the object, near the back, there is a metal eye hook for hanging the object. The back of the object is yellow white and has the artist’s name written on it in blue pen. There is also a number written in red pen.

Culture
Ecuadorian
Material
wood, clay, plastic ?, leather skin and paint
Made in
Gualaceo, Azuay, Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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