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JarM1.55

Amphora, made of cream, grainy clay, full of dark grits. Red-brown and black, thin, matt paint. Small conical foot at bottom and cylindrical between base and body, oval body with flat everted rim and flat vertical handles from rim to shoulder. Decoration consists of short strokes in groups on top surface of rim and handles. Edges of rim and handles outlined with a continuous line. Wavy line on neck. Band at junction of neck and body. Broad and narrow bands in black paint in central portion of body, surrounding one broad red-brown band. Black base.

Culture
Cypriot
Material
paint and clay
Made in
Cyprus
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CupM1.54

Apulian black-figure style cup (kantharos) made of light brown, grainy clay. Hard-fired with thin black matt paint. Ring foot, rounded body below carination, which occurs approximately at mid-point, straight-walled above; flat everted rim. Two flat strap handles attached at rim and carination; rises above rim. Decoration consists of bands of paint on foot and rim; on one side a scene of combat with two warriors wearing knee-length tunics; behind them, two trident-like objects; cursory, stylized rendering. On the other side, two roosters facing one another across a lotus bud.

Culture
Greek
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Apulia, Italy
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JugM1.41

Oinochoe made of red, fine-grained, hard-fired clay. Red slip, burnished in places, covers the entire surface. Black paint. Low ring foot, globular body, short narrow neck, pinched rim to form a trefoil mouth, vertical-grooved handle from rim to shoulder. Decoration consists of two bands on neck at junction of neck and body, and one horizontal group of circles on shoulder intersecting with a vertical group on each face. Subsidiary decoration consists of small concentric circles placed in the field. Lines on handle and around lip. In upper area opposite handle are three long crossing lines.

Culture
Cypriot
Material
paint and clay
Made in
Idalium, Cyprus
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskEh110 a-c

Humanoid face, glossy red, surmounted by green cobra headdress (a) with two detachable ear appendages, (right ear: b; left ear: c) each a coiled cobra with others emerging from either corner of mouth that attaches into a hole in the mask via an unfinished tenon. The eye sockets, and the area at the root of the nose are embellished with petal motifs. The white eyeballs with black pupils project in an exaggerated conical form. The upper lip is drawn back from the open mouth. Two rows of white teeth are exposed with a lolling red tongue. There is a large white fang extending down from each corner of the mouth. The cobras on the brow and at the top of the head each have their hood extended and are painted with faces. The scales are rendered in lines on varying background colours of grey, light red, dark red, and yellow. The body shield plates are in grey and white stripes. The cobras issuing from the mask's nostrils wrap around the fangs.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
paint and nux vomica wood ?
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JarM1.58

Jar, made of cream, fine-grained clay with a few dark grits, hard-fired and light-weight. Exterior carefully smoothed. Black, thin, matt paint on a cream slip. Pyriform vase with a flat base and three vertically projecting, triangular shaped handles. Body narrows markedly toward bottom. Globular upper portion is covered with three rows of a black, scale-like pattern. Paint on neck and one band on top surface of rim. A broad band appears on the inside below rim.

Culture
Cypriot
Material
clay, paint and glaze
Made in
Cyprus
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JugM1.36

Spouted jug. Cream fine-grained clay with a dark red slip. White filling in incised decoration. Hemispherical shaped body, tall cylindrical neck terminating at a cut-away mouth. A pierced lug is found at junction of neck and body opposite handle. Vertical twisted handle extends from body to neck below mouth. From the lug a vertical relief band decorated with incised lines extends along body. On neck are four groups of five encircling grooves. On body there are vertical zigzag bands consisting of a row of short strokes framed by lines.

Culture
Cypriot
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Cyprus
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleAf476

Globular calabash rattle with neck extending slightly off centre. Decorated by incising painted surface to expose linear geometric design in natural yellow. Stopper is fitted to top by loop of five strands of purple thread strung through holes in neck. Paint is red.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
fibre, paint and gourd fruit
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Decorated GourdAf470

Hemisphere or half a calabash gourd decorated on the outer surface with a painted and carved relief design of a large undulating serpent starting with the head above a small semi-circle hole near the rim and ending with the tail at the same point. Within the undulations, there are six birds and one lizard(?). Geometric pattern around rim, around a 2 cm hole in the centre, and around hole near the edge. All designs are blue.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
paint and calabash fruit
Made in
Oyo, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JugM1.35

Jug composed of clay with a grey core over-fired to a mottled red and black on the surface. The clay is gritty and full of white limestone particles. Painted with off-white linear designs in horizontal and oblique bands on the neck and body to imitate rush or straw binding. The jug has a ring base, a pyriform body, a tall narrow neck, and a short upward-turned beak-like mouth forming a spout. A strap handle extends from neck to shoulder.

Culture
Cypriot
Material
paint and clay
Made in
Cyprus
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JugM1.34

Miniature buff-yellow clay jug with one handle and black designs. Jug made from fine-grained, hard-fired clay with a yellowish-white slip over entire surface. The squat broad body sits on a low ring foot. The shoulders slope in sharply at the mid-point to a narrow with a handle ridge. The rim is everted. The vertical handle is attached at the ridge and shoulder. The designs are painted with a gray-black matte paint. The designs consist of a ring of triangles on the rim and three horizontal bands, two straight and one wavy, on the neck. There is a frieze of concentric circle ornaments on upper half of body below which is a group of horizontal bands. There is a band just below the shoulders on the lower body.

Culture
Cypriot
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Cyprus
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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