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Figure2813/1

A ceramic representation of a man holding a radio and bottle of alcohol. He is dressed in white and is wearing a blue sash. He is also wearing a white hat with a red band. The radio is black, blue and gold in colour. The figure is cross-legged and has bare feet.

Culture
Ecuadorian
Material
clay, glaze, paint and metal ?
Made in
Pujili, Cotopaxi, Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Corpus Christi Headdress Doll2738/69 b

A small fabric doll with porcelain head, arms and legs, wearing a stiff gold top and wide flat skirt decorated with a string of beads.

Culture
Ecuadorian
Material
wood, paper, shell, copper alloy metal, silver alloy metal, aluminium metal, bone, plastic, glass, clay, cotton fibre, grass fibre and adhesive
Made in
Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tree of Life Sculpture2760/1

Tall, heavy, colourfully painted and glazed clay candelabra, or Tree of Life sculpture. Along the front of the central trunk, which is reinforced with a metal pole and set on a mound-like hollow base, are a female figure with a cross on her head, a palm frond, a bearded goat ,and two blue birds sit beside a flower below one of the three candle holders at the top. The looping branches down each side are festooned with orange, yellow, green, blue, pink and brown coloured decorative elements: birds on metal stilt legs, rabbits, flowers, potted plants, angels, and four bobbles that hang on metal hooks.

Culture
Mexican
Material
clay, paint, glaze and metal
Made in
Izúcar de Matamoros, Puebla, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Corpus Christi Headdress2738/69 a

Corpus Christi headdress consisting of a grass string bound wood frame over which is stretched a screen made of canvas sacking and a sheet of gold foil. Sewn onto the foil are several shells, strands of beads (glass, plastic and possibly gemstone), earrings, pins, bone hair clips, metal tokens, and coins. A large shell is attached at the top of the headdress.

Culture
Ecuadorian
Material
wood, paper, shell, copper alloy metal, silver alloy metal, aluminium metal, bone, plastic, glass, clay, cotton fibre, grass fibre and adhesive
Made in
Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2738/180 a-b

Painted statuette of San Martin de Porres. The patron saint of the home and dogs has brown skin and black hair, wears a gold-trimmed black cape over a white and gold robe, holds a broom in his left hand and carries a cross (b) in his right hand. At his feet, on the mounded green base, sit two dogs beside a red oval object.

Culture
Peruvian
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2738/194 a-b

Painted wood statuette grouping on a flat base of Santo Tomas and a penitent. Metal-crowned saint standing on a rounded pedestal (originally holding something in his left hand) has monk-like hair style of fringe around bald top and wears a black and brown mantle over a long white robe. In front of him kneels a bearded figure (b) wearing a green top and black short pants.

Culture
Guatemalan
Material
wood, paint and metal
Made in
Chichicastenango, Quiche, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mermaid Figure2738/176 a-e

Large wooden mermaid with a main body (a) attached, moveable arms (b,c) and yellow, blue and red spread wings (d,e). She kneels on her yellow spotted green tail, and reaches out with arms bent at the elbows. A bracelet, ring, necklace, flower and crab are painted onto her bright pink body parts and her long hair is black.

Culture
Mexican
Material
wood and paint
Made in
San Pedro Cojonos, Oaxaca, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Decorated Gourd2738/8 a-b

Small engraved sugar gourd with lid cut from top in a circular zigzag. Engraved decoration, stained black against the brown, consists of several encircling bands of vegetal spirals and chains, a band showing musicians and villagers dancing, and a band of llamas. The flat bottom is plain.

Culture
Peruvian
Material
gourd fruit and stain
Made in
Huancayo, Junin, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2738/64

Small wood figurine painted in red, yellow, brown and black. A "costumbrista" carving representing local customs and mannerisms, the bearded male figure wears a miter-like hat, jacket with skirt, and high boots and holds something in his left hand.

Culture
Ecuadorian
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Corpus Christi Band2738/67

Tungurahua-style Corpus Christi band made of an embroidered yellow silk panel sewn onto a burlap backing and then lined with orange cotton cloth that wraps around to form a framing edge. Embroidered motifs are in red, blue, brown, orange, maroon, pink, black, beige and green wool and include flowers, birds, deer, llamas, men hunting, musicians playing the harp, trumpet and drums, and a couple dancing. Small translucent and silver discs of plastic have been sewn into the middle of the design and a border of wide strips of gold foil paper is attached to the sides, with long yellow stitches on three sides and machine stitching on the fourth.

Culture
Ecuadorian
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre, acrylic fibre, paper and plastic
Made in
Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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