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MaskE 1886.62

Catalogue card description, Coloured mask with moveable eyes and elaborately carved stick. The mask has inlaid moveable eyes, and an articulated jaw, red lips and haliotis shell inlaid teeth. The eyebrows are prominent and painted black. The nose is fine with slightly accentuated nostrils which are painted red. Through the centre of the forehead a ridge rises to the edge of the mask. The mask has face-painting designs consisting of blue and red double U- forms across the cheeks on the chin. The catalogue card has been updated with notes on the state of the mask, the wood of the nose and lips are splitting, one eye inlay is missing, a gash on right cheek, and there is no sign of the elaborately carved stick.; Good

Culture
Tsimshian ?
Material
wood, paint and abalone shell
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Dish3090/2

Large stoneware dish. Dish is round, with an everted rim and thick base with foot. The well is painted with an image in blue of a woman holding a chicken. The two look each other in the eye. Surrounding the image are overlapping feather shapes in three encircling rows on the rim. Lip is painted a dark grey. Exterior is undecorated. Signature on bottom of plate.

Culture
Canadian
Material
clay, paint and glaze
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dish3090/1

Large stoneware dish. Dish is round, with a high everted rim and thick base with foot. The well is painted with a blue line drawing of a man and woman standing naked in a wooden bathtub filled with water. Colours are subdued, the water a light blue-green and the wood and hair shaded with yellow. Image is surrounded by encircling lines in dark grey and blue along edge of well and rim, as well as on the exterior. Signature on bottom of plate.

Culture
Canadian
Material
clay, paint and glaze
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Headband3089/3

Felt headband with carved wooden frontlet of eagle. Band is made of red felt, with balsa wood carving of an eagle head at centre. Bird has two feathers atop the head, with large eyes rimmed in blue, and an open beak with slightly protruding tongue. Neck is painted with feathers in black. The head is attached to a piece of black leather that is sewn to the band with hide strips. Three shell buttons are sewn to band at both sides of the eagle head.

Culture
Nuxalk and Heiltsuk
Material
balsa wood, wool fibre, shell, duck feather, acrylic paint, fibre and metal
Made in
North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pot3060/26

Small unglazed ceramic pot. Vessel is slightly uneven, round with a bulbous body, flat bottom, and small neck that rises above the shoulder. A small half circle of clay emerges from the broken rim. Pot is undecorated.

Culture
Paracas ?
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Ica, Peru ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pot3060/25

Terracotta pot, repaired. Pot is round with a curved base. Body is wide at the midpoint, narrowing toward the neck and flaring outward at the rim. Midpoint is decorated with two black encircling lines, above which is painted black arrow motifs interspersed by squares decorated with lines of white. The outer rim has been painted with narrow vertical lines of rust and black, and the inner with large triangles alternating with groups of black and white lines. The pot has been smashed and glued back together, with several missing pieces.

Culture
Paracas ?
Material
clay, paint and adhesive
Made in
Ica, Peru ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pot3060/24

Terracotta pot made up of fragments glued back together. Pot is round with a curved base. Body is wide at the midpoint, narrowing toward the neck and flaring outward at the rim. Midpoint is decorated with a black encircling line, above which is painted sets of two small black motifs interspersed by rectangles of horizontal black, white and orange lines. The outer rim is painted with narrow vertical lines of white and black over an orange base, and the inner with large triangles alternating with groups of vertical black, white and orange lines. The pot has several gaps/missing pieces.

Culture
Paracas ?
Material
clay, paint and adhesive
Made in
Ica, Peru ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pot3060/23

Small terracotta pot. Round vessel has a slightly rounded bottom, a wide hip that inclines to the neck, and a widely flared rim. Body of pot is decorated with a dense diamond shape motif at centre in colours of rust, tan and dark brown, surrounded on top and bottom by encircling lines of a brown key motif over a tan base colour. Rim is decorated in checks. Bottom of pot is undecorated. Interior has an encircling line at neck, but is otherwise undecorated.

Culture
Paracas ?
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Ica, Peru ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pot3060/22

Ceramic figure pot. Vessel is tall and rounded, deeper than it is wide, with a flat base and wide mouth. A human face has been created on the neck, with protruding nose and ears, bulging eyes, and pointed chin. Eyes and nose have been enhanced by black paint. On the rim of the pot is painted a headdress, which falls down the back onto the figure’s shoulders. An arm reaches from chest to cheek, and serves as a handle. The waist of the pot is grooved and painted tan, with bent legs below.

Culture
Paracas ?
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Ica, Peru ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Jar3060/21

Ceramic face jar. Vessel is tall and rounded with a curved base and wide mouth. A human face has been created at bottom, with protruding nose and ears and slightly protruding, rounded chin. Closed eyes, brows, mouth, moustache, beard, cheek area and wavy hair have been painted on a light grey face. To the lower rear the pot is dark brown. The shoulder and neck of the pot are painted tan at back and decorated at front with diagonal lines in orange, grey and dark red with stylized feathers at top. Exterior is covered in a shiny glaze. Two small holes are bored into the bottom proper right.

Culture
Paracas ?
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Ica, Peru ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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