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Spindle3177/16

Wood spindle. Shaft is needle shaped, long and thin, tapering to a point at each end. Centre of spindle is painted red-brown and grey with four sets of encircling black lines. Two of the sets include white lines interspersed with the black. The spindle’s tips darken in colour to brown.

Culture
Chancay ?
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spindle Whorl3177/15

Wood spindle and whorl. Shaft is long and thin, tapering to a point at each end. A cylindrical clay whorl sits just off mid-point, painted black with white flower motifs separated by lines of white and red-brown. The wood on either side of the whorl is painted with encircling lines of red-brown, dark brown, and white. The spindle’s tips are unpainted.

Culture
Andes
Material
wood, clay and paint
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spindle Whorl3177/14

Wood spindle and whorl. Shaft is long and thin, tapering to a point at each end. A cylindrical clay whorl sits at mid-point, painted black and carved with lines and dots which are filled with white, yellow, brown and rust coloured paint. The wood on either side of the whorl is painted red-brown, dark brown, and yellow. The spindle’s tips are unpainted.

Culture
Andes
Material
wood, clay and paint
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bowl3177/7

Peruvian pot. Round bottomed clay bowl is circular, with a flaring rim. Interior is painted a brown-red, while exterior shows a painted figure with grey face, white beard and eyes, red mouth, wearing a wide headdress in a dark yellow. The body is long and tubular, with linear designs in grey and dark yellow that incorporate dots and spikes. This flows across the bottom of the pot, up the side, and culminates in a rounded tail with a small, monochromatic, inverted face.

Culture
Andes
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Jar3177/5

Peruvian pot. Orange clay jug takes the shape of a kneeling man, with a large protruding nose in a wide face, with a pointed chin and prominent teeth. His hands grip a tool or instrument held on an angle against his torso. His large hat is also the neck of a jar. At back the figure leans against a textured stool or rock. The jar is painted a light orange.

Culture
Andes
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bottle3177/2

Peruvian pot. Bottle takes the shape of a woman sitting cross-legged on a squared pedestal base. She wears a headdress that wraps her head at back from forehead to chin, with squares protuberances on the top corners and flaps at the bottom. A band across her brow holds two round flower motifs. A large collar surrounds her neck, and her hand rest on her knees. The bottle’s tubular handle emerges from the back of the figure’s head, arcing down to connect with the pedestal she sits on. A spout emerges from its top. Handle is painted a rust-red, as is the woman’s face, collar, and outlines along the edges of the base. The rest of the object is a mottled orange-brown.

Culture
Andes
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bottle3177/1

Light brown-yellow clay bottle, mottled with orange. Pot takes the shape of a man with one leg kneeling, the other bent and supporting his elbow. His hands grip a tool or instrument held on an angle against his torso. Face has a protruding nose, smiling mouth, and rounded chin. Figure wears a cloak with hood, his head topped by a feline-like figure whose head and shoulders extend over the man’s forehead. At back, the bottle’s tubular handle arcs between the head and shoulder, with a spout emerging from the top. Handle is brown-red in colour.

Culture
Andes
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Paddle3176/3

Canoe paddle. Blade is long and leaf shaped, very slightly convex on both sides, with a tapered, rounded tip. Handle is thick and round at neck, flattening toward grip. Grip is tubular and extends slightly beyond the width of the handle. Decorative paintings on paddle show a large red and black striped fish with flukes and dorsal fin below two black rectangles with a dot at centre, and similar in red with traces of lines extending outwards. On the other side of the blade are linear and box designs, along with a motif showing a red circular centre and short black lines extending off. At top is a large fish in red and black with prominent teeth, and a dorsal fin.

Culture
Heiltsuk ?
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Paddle3176/2

Model paddle. Blade is long and leaf shaped, slightly convex on both sides, with a tapered, rounded tip. Handle is thick and round at neck, flattening toward grip. Grip is a small tube that extends beyond the width of the handle. Birds are painted on both sides of the blade in formline style, in red and black.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Paddle3176/1

Model paddle. Blade is long and leaf shaped, slightly convex on both sides, with a rounded, tapered tip. Handle is thick and round at neck, flattening toward grip. Grip is a small tube. Birds are painted on either side in formline style, in red and black.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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