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Retablo Altar2738/199

Brightly painted portable "retablo" box altar with door opening on leather hinges to the left to show a Nativity scene. Small painted plaster animals are staggered in rows rising in height towards the pink and yellow back wall where a peasant kneels before the baby in the cradle and a gilded Joseph and Mary. The exterior of the box has flowers, dots, wavy lines, and a sun painted in red, green, blue, yellow, black and brown against a white background.

Culture
Peruvian
Material
wood, paint, leather skin, clay, metal and adhesive
Made in
Ayacucho, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Retablo Altar2738/197

Brightly painted portable "retablo" box altar. Two doors open outwards from the centre on leather hinges to show a scene commemorating the discovery of America in 1492, with three ships (caravels) in a dragon-filled sea. The exterior sides of the box are painted with blue dots while the doors on both sides are painted with floral motifs in red, purple, yellow, and black on a white background.

Culture
Peruvian
Material
wood, paint, clay, leather skin, metal and graphite mineral
Made in
Ayacucho, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2738/118

Sitting male figure, hand made from greyish white clay, has painted black tattoo designs on face, arms, legs and across his chest, and long black hair. He holds a large shallow bowl in his lap in which lies a flat, oblong black and beige striped object.

Culture
Iny
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Ilha do Bananal, Tocantins, Brazil
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Jar2738/31

High glazed, tan-coloured clay jar, adorned with two monkeys hanging from the rim, has a flare-lipped mouth at top end of a long neck and a bulbous body that narrows to flat bottom. Painted decoration in creamy yellow, reddish orange and black includes geometric motifs in the space between the spotted monkeys with thickly outlined eyes, mouth, tail and toes.

Culture
Canelos Quichua
Material
clay, paint and glaze
Made in
Pastaza, Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2738/119

Ceramic ritxoko doll. Sitting female figure of light brown clay painted in red and black. Rolled tube of clay draped over head forms long black hair style and arms with flat ends. She is wearing a grass skirt that is threaded through a hole in her body and knotted at the back. Sharply pointed breasts and stubby conical legs have tattoo decoration.

Culture
Iny
Material
clay, paint and grass
Made in
Ilha do Bananal, Tocantins, Brazil
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bird figure2738/39

Small pear-shaped clay bird painted in reddish brown, black and cream with a shiny lacquered finish, sits on a round pottery foot base. It has a long striped beak and geometric linear motifs cover its body.

Culture
Canelos Quichua
Material
clay, paint and glaze
Made in
Pastaza, Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Owl Figure2731/164

Egg-shaped pale orange clay owl has red feet with three-prong painted black toes peaking out from beneath belly. Feather details are hand painted in brownish black over a creamy white background. Thick outline of face area drapes under staring eyes from red ears to top of brown beak with red band.

Culture
Zuni
Material
clay and paint
Made in
New Mexico, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Owl Figure2731/194

Miniature egg-shaped white clay owl, with no appendages, has hand painted body details in black and orange over a white background. Long overlapping feathers cover all of body except for thickly outlined face area at top front. Recessed orange eyes with large dark pupils are encircled with dot eyelashes. There is a hole in the base.

Culture
Pueblo: Acoma
Material
clay and paint
Made in
New Mexico, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bowl2738/38

Round "chicha" bowl is painted in reddish brown, black and cream with a shiny lacquer finish. Walls of small inner bowl expand out at mid-point to a wider dimension. Chevron and linear motifs decorate the outer surface, inner surface has animals and sea-life bordered by bands of zigzag-like lines.

Culture
Canelos Quichua
Material
clay, paint and glaze
Made in
Pastaza, Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Vessel2738/37

Zoomorphic, orange clay vessel in the shape of an armadillo has painted designs in glossy black, reddish brown and creamy white. The animal stands on four short unpainted legs with three-toed feet and two funnel-like spouts flare up from its back, one behind the other.

Culture
Canelos Quichua
Material
clay, paint and glaze
Made in
Pastaza, Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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