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Cup3111/1

Very small polychrome cup with long tubular body and rounded base and rim. Body has three humming birds in profile with three curved bands in their tail and long-thin beaks. Band in rim is red-brown and outlined in black on one side. Birds are in a vertical position and are painted in grey, orange-brown and red-brown, outlined in black, cream ground. Polished surface; molded manufacture. Repaired; chip out of rim.

Culture
Nasca
Material
clay, paint and adhesive
Made in
Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bottle2990/826

Black and white double spout bottle with bridge handle, triangular body and rounded base. Double globular forms at the base of red-brown spouts are possibly representing some kind of seed or fruit. Black triangles and lines on white ground and circular red-brown details on top of body and in the middle of globular forms. Polished surface. Broken, repaired.

Culture
Nasca
Material
clay, paint and adhesive
Made in
Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pot2990/224

Globular collar polished and molded jar. Painted designs of three corpses in water; purple red, black and orange-red, overlaid with black and orange-red water pattern lines. Purple red base band and rim with vertical bands in purple-red, cream and black paint. Breakage repaired.

Culture
Nasca
Material
adhesive, clay and paint
Made in
Nasca, Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Platter3122/2

Ceramic platter. The front has a white background with painted images of a killer whale, raven, and fish, in black and brown, with incised linear accents. A border of short black lines covers the edges. Inscription on the back describes the scene as "trickster raven inside the great killerwhale after his escape from the irate husband". The platter is rectangular in shape; unglazed.

Culture
Canadian
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Platter3122/1

Ceramic platter. The front has a white background with a painted grizzly bear in brown and black with light blue accents. The animal is seated, eyes wide, mouth open, forelegs raised to the sides, back legs bent. Inscription on the back of the piece describes the scene as "the Great Grizzly Bear before his terrible battle with Mother Beaver". The platter is rectangular in shape, with a shiny glaze covering the front and back.

Culture
Canadian
Material
clay, paint and glaze
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ceremonial Stick3077/16

Long orange-red painted stick with pieces of horizontal tied bast fibres and black cotton threads around it. Traces of white feathers in the middle; capped with feathers at one end.

Culture
Bororo
Material
wood, bast fibre, cotton fibre, feather and paint
Made in
Mato Grosso, Brazil
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Whistle2990/740

Single-tone bird whistle with opening in belly, conical mouthpiece tube, horizontal incisions in beak and black dot decoration on white head. Black, brown, grey, light brown and white paint. Not repaired.

Culture
Nasca
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Whistle2990/739

Single tone owl whistle with 'hands' to front and caped head. Cream ground, red-brown and grey-brown vertical lines in posterior body. Hole in stomach and suspension lug in lower-posterior body. Unbroken.

Culture
Nasca
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2990/622

Fragment of a staff finial. Seated figure with animal standing on his back, forearms on his head. Traces of red and yellow paint. Not restored.

Culture
Chimu
Material
carob wood and paint
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dipper2990/618

Small grey-brown gourd dipper. Incised with bands of geometric motifs in black: arrows in handle, two geometric bands in body and steps near rim. Breakage not restored.

Culture
Chincha
Material
gourd fruit and paint
Made in
Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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