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Drawing2811/31

Children's drawing on legal size off-white paper. The drawing consists of three buildings with steep rooves and single doorways, as well as a blue helicopter and sixteen human figures. One of these human figures is in the helicopter. Three of the human figures are larger than the rest, dressed in green, and carrying guns. The helicopter and these three larger figures appear to be shooting at four of the smaller figures.

Culture
Salvadoran
Made in
Honduras
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing2811/32

Children's drawing on legal size off-white paper. The top of the drawing consists of three lines of text (Mortes 18 de octubre de 1983 Sociales temo acer unos di beijos so bre lavida quetenemos en los campa mentos y acer untes to). Directly under the text is a helicopter, outfitted with what appears to be a large gun. The helicopter has a pilot inside. To the right of the helicopter is a line of human figures. Some of these figures have guns, and two of them are on a horse. This line of human figures forks about half-way down the page to meet a wavy band, representing a river, that cuts across the page horizontally. Between the two diverging lines of human figures are eight simple human stick figures. Below the river is a large human figure with an open mouth.

Culture
Salvadoran
Made in
Honduras
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Embroidered Cloth2811/3

Small, off-white embroidered cloth with dark blue running stitch around edge. Scene of man and woman holding each end of a rope (possibly spinning yarn?), with a red rabbit behind them eating plants. There is a floral design in the upper left area and probably the name of the maker (illegible) embroidered around the upper right corner.

Culture
Salvadoran
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Honduras
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Poncho2811/1

Very brightly coloured poncho, heavily embroidered with acrylic yarn and cotton embroidery thread, mainly purple and pink, with numerous other colours, on off-white cotton backing. Main design is a stretched oval running from the front edge to back edge around neck, embroidered mainly in acrylic yarn in an abstract star-like design. The negative spaces outside the circle are embroidered with smaller floral designs, a person and two birds. Poncho has a red and blue cotton collar added, with various types of lace and metallic gold ribbon sewn onto it. Sides are stitched except for small slits for arms.

Culture
Guatemalan
Material
cotton fibre, acrylic fibre and synthetic fibre
Made in
Chiapas, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing2811/66

Children's drawing on legal size off-white paper. The drawing is divided into four horizontal sections. The first section, at the top, consists of a blue river with ten human figures standing in and around the water. There is a blue and brown helicopter above them and a large blue soldier on the right pointing a gun. In the upper right, two doves are carrying a heart and the words "Amor mio" have been written above the birds. The second section contains a red and purple house with multicoloured flowers, one human figure and a bird flying overhead. The third section contains two green and brown buildings with two trees. Human figures have been drawn inside both of these structures. The last section, at the bottom of the page, consists of a small red and brown structure housing fruits of vegetables of some kind, a red and yellow human figure holding an object, a truck, and two more doves. The multicoloured doves are carrying an object. Above the small red and brown structure, the words "la bodega tiene rabanas" have been written in pencil.

Culture
Salvadoran
Made in
Honduras
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing2811/53

Children's drawing on legal size off-white paper. An inscription in the top left-hand corner of the page reads "martes 18 de octubre de 1983". Another inscription in the top right-hand corner reads "Mario Serrano". Below this writing is a scene containing a camp, a mango tree, a red road leading away from the camp, two trucks travelling on the road, and a black helicopter. The tree is labelled "mango" , the camp is labelled "campamentos", and the helicopter is labelled "alicoeter - alicoctero". Below the helicopter is another settlement, consisting of seventeen coloured squares and labelled "campamentos". In the middle of the page, another inscription reads "campanmento de Re Fu Jiados sal vadorenos - campamento de la virtud". The bottom half of the page contains a scene similar to the top of the page, with two trucks travelling along a road. There is also a human, coloured brown and green, on the road, and the trucks are driving away from twenty small human figures.

Culture
Salvadoran
Made in
Honduras
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing2811/52

Children's drawing on legal size off-white paper. The centre of the composition contains a blue and green band, which represents a river. An orange tree and a large, multicoloured flower have been drawn to the left of the river. To the right of the river, in the upper left-hand corner, a green helicopter and small red tree can be seen. Below the helicopter is the label "rio Lempa". Below this label is a fence-like representation. Below this fence-like representation, a green path leads from the river to the right edge of the page. There are eighteen small human figures along this path. One orange, green, and black tree has been drawn below this path, where the river comes to an end.

Culture
Salvadoran
Made in
Honduras
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing2811/51

Children's drawing on legal size off-white paper. While the top and bottom of this composition are dominated by text, the middle contains a scene involving a road connecting two communities. The left side depicts eight houses drawn in pencil, as well as two green human figures holding guns. A brown winding road connects these houses and figures with another scene in the upper right of the page. This scene contains six houses and two small human figures drawn in pencil. There are two trucks on the road as well, and they appear to be transporting people. An inscription at the top of the page reads "Martes 18 de octubre de 1983 tema y dioma lectura y es cri tera acev unos di bujos so bre la mecracior." In addition, there are several long inscriptions within the bottom third of the composition.

Culture
Salvadoran
Made in
Honduras
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing2811/50

Children's drawing on legal size off-white paper. A green and brown house has been drawn in the lower right corner. Above the house to the left stands a human figure wearing a green hat and pointing a green gun. Above this human figure is a brown band that crosses the page horizontally, representing a river. Below the river, on the right-hand side of the composition, is a path with two orange figures carrying an object together, perhaps a stretcher or supplies. There are human figures and several objects floating in the river. Above the river, to the right, is a large green helicopter. To the left of the helicopter are three orange figures on a path leading down to the river. One of these human figures has a green object on its head. There is one small green tree on the far left, on the bank of the river. The top of the page carries the following inscription "Martes 18 de octubre - sociales tema la pasado de iriole mPo".

Culture
Salvadoran
Made in
Honduras
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing2811/49

Children's drawing on legal size off-white paper. A grey-and-blue band has been drawn along the bottom on the page, representing a river. Eight human figures have been drawn standing along the river bank; seven of these figures are purple and one of these figures is turquoise. The turquoise figure is to the far right of the page, is firing a gun, and is labelled "soldado". An inscription above the purple figures reads "Masacrando companeros en nuestro pueblo en el salvador". There is a large blue building and a blue helicopter in the upper left of the page. The helicopter is labelled "Avion". The upper right of the picture contains three turquoise human figures with hats, firing guns towards the blue building. In the far upper-right corner is a house drawn in pencil with the label "lo Nivel". At the top of the page, in the middle, is the name "Carlos" written in pencil.

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