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Pot2847/110

Terracotta painted pot missing all three legs, with figure eight design. The round pot has a wide mouth with neck that angles inward to shoulder, then flaring out to a sharp hip, with a rounded bottom. Round breakage marks regularly spaced on base indicate that the pot may have once had three attached legs. The pot is painted on the inner rim with encircling lines of dark brown and rust, with similar on the outer rim and hip. Figure 8 patterns are painted on the body, interspersed with vertical lines. The base has thick rust coloured lines surrounding the breakage marks of the legs.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Costa Rica ? or Nicaragua ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pot2847/108

Bulbous terracotta pot with flattened applique figure. The large pot has a flared, uneven rim, narrowing toward the mouth, and flaring again below the neck. The midpoint is bulbous and wider than the top half, curving inward toward a rounded bottom. The only decoration is a bas relief figure of a creature with a human like head that protrudes from the shoulder of the pot, with protruding legs and feet and slightly outset hands. The creature’s large round wings are carved into the pot on either side. The figure is coloured a light brown while the rest of the pot is a burnished dark red-orange.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Costa Rica ? or Nicaragua ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Vessel2847/34

Terracotta tripod vessel with legs representing grimacing monkeys. Shallow round pot with straight sides inclining inwards. The shoulder is low and sharp and leads to a slightly rounded bottom. The pot balances on three legs, two carved into animal heads, with the third leg’s head partially missing. The heads have a long snout with large canine teeth. Round eye holes are bored through the clay into the hollowed head. Round ears protrude from each side of the head. One of the mouths contains a small round clay ball that creates a rattling sound when moved. The pot is burnished a dark orange and a patterns of encircling lines can be discerned in spots along the body.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Vessel2847/18

Cocle style terracotta pedestal plate with tan coloured creatures on a black slip decorating both the interior of the plate and base of the pedestal. The plate slopes slightly down from rim to centre. Pedestal is round, narrow at neck where it attaches to the plate, widening toward base where it flares out at bottom rim. Pedestal is hollow inside. The vessel is painted black with bird-like creatures painted on plate and pedestal, along with encircling decorative lines of light brown, black, and rust.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Panama
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Vessel2847/16

Painted terracotta vessel with globular bowl forms stacked on pedestal base. The top bowl has a band of cream and red squares encircling it. Pot body consists of two equally sized orbs, one atop the other. The top orb has a small mouth with rim, while the bottom orb sits on a wide flaring base that is hollowed on the inside. The interior of the pot is hollow throughout both orbs. The shoulder of the pot is painted in a rough, rust coloured checked pattern, with brown lines below that are mimicked on the top of the second orb. The bottom orb and base are painted with abstract figures. 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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Rattle Bowl2959/21

Large rattle bowl with red slip and design inside, cream slip and design outside. Round vessel has a narrow circular base, from which thin walls flare widely toward the rim. The exterior is light brown, painted in a small open pattern of dark brown lines. At rim and base are encircling lines of dark brown and orange. The interior of the bowl is painted orange, overlaid with a large pattern of crosses in light and dark brown. At the rim are several encircling lines, some straight, one zigzag and one in a W and M motif. The base of the interior is convex, holding noise makers that rattle when the bowl is moved.

Culture
Shipibo
Material
clay, paint and resin
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Jester Mask2946/94

Pepino mask. Fabric mask with a half-white, half-blue face. The tip of the nose and curved lips are painted red. There are diamonds and circles painted on the chin, red and blue with yellow outlines on the blue side and white and red with black outlines on the white side. There are white ears stapled to the side of the face. There are three foam triangles at the top of the head in pink, white, and yellow. The bottom hem is unfinished on both sides.

Culture
Bolivian
Material
polyester fibre ?, paint, paper, polyurethane foam and metal
Made in
La Paz, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Jester Mask2946/93

Pepino mask. Fabric mask with half-red, half-yellow face. The tip of the nose is painted red. The lips and teeth are white on the yellow portion of the face and pink on the red side. There are diamonds and circles in yellow and red on the chin. There is a large red heart on each cheek. Blue paper ears have been attached to the sides of the head with staples. There are three foam triangles at the top of the head in green, pink and yellow. The front hem is unstitched and the back is sewn in blue and white thread.

Culture
Bolivian
Material
paint, polyester fibre ?, paper, polyurethane foam and metal
Made in
La Paz, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Jester Mask2946/97

Pepino mask. Fabric mask with a half-red, half-white face. The tip of the nose and curved lips are painted red. There is a large pink heart on each cheek. One blue and one green ear have been stapled to the sides of the face. At the top of the mask are three foam triangles. The centre triangle is green and the outside triangles are yellow.

Culture
Bolivian
Material
polyester fibre ?, paint, paper, polyurethane foam and metal
Made in
La Paz, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Jester Mask2946/95

Pepino mask. Fabric mask with a half-yellow, half-white face. The tip of the nose and the curved lips are painted red. Pink paper ears have been stapled to the sides of the face. At the top of the head are three foam triangles in yellow, green and white. White, yellow, and red diamonds and circles decorate the chin and there is a large red heart on each cheek. Black stitching across the bottom of the front

Culture
Bolivian
Material
polyester fibre ?, paint, paper, polyurethane foam and metal
Made in
La Paz, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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