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Drawing2811/145

Children's drawing on legal size off-white paper. An orange border has been drawn around the page. The top of the page contains an inscription: "Asi viviamos los niños en Nicaragua". The scene below this inscription involves two planes, one red and one orange, shooting down at a green hill. There is a small figure with a gun on this hill. To the right of the hill is flat ground with two soldier figures. The soldiers are firing guns and are wearing hats with "GN" on them. There is a single green tree on the right side of this scene. Below, a scene has been created that suggests the raiding of a house. The house is located on the far right, and a green tank and soldier dressed in purple are facing the house. The soldier is firing a gun at a human figure that is lying on the ground. The left half of this scene contains a small figure resembling a child, a figure with a pink dialogue bubble that reads "Tengo hombre", and a male figure with green pants, an orange top, and curly hair who has been given the label "Luis alfonso". The bottom of the composition contains the inscription "¡QUEREMOS LA PAZ!" The word "PAZ" has been written under this inscription, and a blue bird, perhaps a dove, has been drawn to the right of this word. There is some information written in Spanish on the reverse.

Culture
Nicaraguan ?
Made in
Honduras
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing2811/144

Children's drawing on legal size off-white paper. The words "Viven en Paz" (live in peace) have been written in red felt marker at the top of the composition. A scene based along a road has been drawn below this text. The curved road runs from the upper left corner to the right side of the page, and the road has pink edges and purple lines down the middle. The scene contains a man on a horse, and large chicken or rooster, a lady holding a basket with a blue dress, a yellow house with a red roof, a single tree, and a small sign that is on the side of the road. Another scene below, with a similar horizontal composition, consists of a pink house with a yellow and brown roof, a large flower, a tree, and a human figure leading a large animal that resembles a horse or dog. There are four human figures waving with one hand below this scene, and they are all wearing blue tops, red sashes, and yellow bottoms. To the right of these figures are several inscriptions in blue pen ink: "nombre: Elvira petronila. apellido: Mendoza Mazar. años: once Cumplidos." The bottom of the page contains drawings of two signs displaying text. The top sign, being supported by two figures with blue tops, states "viva La paz." The sign below it states "viva La Solidaridad Internacional".

Culture
Salvadoran
Made in
Honduras
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing2811/143

Children's drawing on legal size off-white paper. The top right-hand corner of the page contains the following inscription: "Estudio sociales tema Dibujs. ¿como era La viba en Elsalvador. ¿ eno es La vida Los campamentos". A building drawn in pencil has been included to the right of this inscription. A green helicopter has been drawn below this inscription. Below the helicopter are the words "El salbador" and an undulating horizontal band that likely represents a river. There is a body floating in the water, and two figures that have been coloured blue can be seen approaching the river on a narrow path to the right. The word "Honduras" has been written in pencil below the river, and there is also a drawing of a man in blue with a large hat holding a dark blue object. A small blue helicopter has been drawn to the right of the figure with the large hat. At the bottom of the composition, the word "Victrino" has been written in blue ink.

Culture
Salvadoran
Made in
Honduras
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing2811/142

Children's drawing on legal size off-white paper. The top of the page contains an inscription that reads: "¿Dibuj del Rio lempa?" Another line follows this: "¿como la vida en el salvador?" Below this text is a scene based around an oblong blue and green shape that represents a river. A large, multicoloured helicopter, a green tree, a red hill and eight human figures have been drawn above the river. The helicopter is shooting at the figures below. Below the river, a large figure coloured dark green and blue is lying on the ground and a small figure drawn in pencil is standing near the water and holding a red line that connects to the other side of the river. An inscription in grey and dark brown felt marker, located in the lower right of the page, reads: "los bemos e choportoño gracias los be". In addition, the word "Honduras" has been written in pencil in the upper left corner and the words "El Salvador" have been written in pencil on the far right of the page.

Culture
Salvadoran
Made in
Honduras
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing2811/140

Children's drawing on legal size off-white paper. The top of the composition contains a large red and pink chicken surrounded by four chicks. Three of these chicks have been coloured blue. A small, square, blue object has been drawn to the left of the chicken. A blue and pink helicopter has been drawn below the chicken. The bottom half of the composition contains a large, blue, rectangular object that likely represents a river, as well as a red and purple pathway that cuts across the river vertically on the right side. There are eight human figures standing along the upper bank of the river, and there are fourteen figures in the water itself. There are also eight figures walking along the path.

Culture
Salvadoran
Made in
Honduras
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing2811/138

Children's drawing on legal size off-white paper. On the front, a scene has been drawn based around an oblong, curved blue and yellow shape that likely represents a river or lake. To the left of the water, in the upper left of the page, is a pink, yellow, and purple building that likely represents a church due to the pink cross that has been drawn at the top of the structure. Directly below this building is a rudimentary drawing of a helicopter. The helicopter contains three human figures and there is a larger red figure standing on the canopy. There is a second small structure with a cross below the helicopter, and it contains a single human figure. Above the body of water, three grassy mounds have been drawn, along with five human figures, several trees, and a second helicopter. Below the body of water, three pink human figures have been drawn, and the word "esperansa" has been written in pencil. There are four human figures in the water itself. On the reverse, a square object divided into four sections with pink lines has been drawn and appears to be incomplete.

Culture
Salvadoran
Made in
Honduras
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing2811/136

Children's drawing on legal size off-white paper, using pencil and wax crayon. The top of the page contains an inscription that reads "Martes 18 de octubre de 1983 sociales tema hacer un dibujo como viviamos en el salvador". Below this, a green, blue, and red helicopter has been drawn. A house that appears to be burning has been drawn below the helicopter to the left side, and it appears as though the helicopter is shooting at one or more of the four human figures that have been drawn near the house. There is an oblong blue shape in the middle of the composition which may represent a river. This body of water contains a floating human figure, two fish, and a standing soldier figure in green pointing a black and blue gun at the figures near the house. A second soldier figure in green with a large brown gun has been drawn at the bottom of the composition.

Culture
Salvadoran
Made in
Honduras
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing2811/126

Children's drawing on legal size off-white paper. The top of the page contains a grouping of trees, suggesting a forest. There is a long rectangular object and a square object with a grid pattern to the left of these trees. A helicopter has been drawn below the trees, and it contains a single pilot. Two trucks can be seen to the right of the helicopter, and there are two objects above the trucks that may represent planes. There are seven human figures below the helicopter, in addition to one animal figure. Two large buildings have been drawn near the bottom of the page, and a smiling human figure has been drawn to the left of these two buildings. The bottom of the page contains an oblong shape with numerous dots inside of it. This oblong shape may represent a river.

Culture
Salvadoran
Made in
Honduras
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing2811/146

Children's drawing on legal size off-white paper. A yellow border has been drawn around three sides of the front page. An inscription at the top of the page reads: "Asi Viviamos Los niños en Nicaragua." The scene below is based on the raid of a house. A brown house with a lined pink roof has been drawn in the upper left of the composition, and a yellow plane is shooting at the house. A blue cloud has been drawn across from the plane. To the right of the house, a female figure with a yellow dress and a male figure with black pants are standing with their hands above their heads as a green gun and brown tank(?) fire at them. A narrow tree has been drawn in the lower left. The reverse contains inscriptions in Spanish.

Culture
Nicaraguan ?
Made in
Honduras
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing2811/132

Children's drawing on legal size off-white paper. A multicoloured building and large red and blue guitar have been drawn at the top of the page. A small green and yellow helicopter has been drawn below the building. A blue, diagonal, oblong shape has been drawn to the right of the helicopter, and this likely represents a river. There are two human figures to the right of the river. One of the figures is purple and one is yellow. The bottom left of the composition contains a red and yellow truck.

Culture
Salvadoran
Made in
Honduras
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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