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Drawing2811/7

Laminated children's drawing consisting of a piece of beige legal paper mounted on a piece of blue construction paper. The reverse contains an inscription on white paper which has also been mounted to the blue paper and laminated. This inscription reads "muy contentos trabajabamos en el salvador antes ahora se nos toca andar huyendo y estamos refugiados". The top of the image contains a multicoloured house with a plant or flower on top of it. A blue-purple path leads away from the house, to the right, and a human figure is on this path near the house. Below the house is a green and red helicopter. A human figure, a blue and green flower, and two animals have been drawn in the middle of the composition. The bottom contains six green and blue plants. The words "Inocetem Lia" have been written in the upper right, and a narrow strip of word-processed text that has been taped to the front, at the bottom of the page, reads "We used to work in El Salvador before. Now we have to go running away and we are refugees."

Culture
Salvadoran
Made in
Honduras
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing2811/6

Laminated children's drawing consisting of a piece of beige legal paper mounted on a piece of blue construction paper. The top of the composition contains two covered structures, one is pink with a black roof and the other is yellow and green with a brown and blue roof. Below these structures is a scene involving a female figure in a blue dress feeding four yellow hens. One of the hens is much larger than the others. Below this scene, an inscription in black ink reads "Cuando mi madre cuidaba sas gallinas en el Salvador poreso lo Recuerdo - mi nombre es Alejandrina Reyes mi edades Banos - mi direcsion es Campumento #6 mesa grande". An English translation of this inscription has been word processed and taped to the bottom of the laminated paper. The translation reads "When my mother used to take care of the hends in El Salvador. That is what I remember. My name is Alyandrina Reyes. My age is 13 years and my address Camp 6 Mesa Grande."

Culture
Salvadoran
Made in
Honduras
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing2811/19

Laminated children's drawing consisting of a piece of beige legal paper mounted on a piece of blue construction paper. The composition consists of a river scene wherein two green helicopters near the top of the page are shooting at human figures as they try to cross the water. The upper left contains an inscription in black ink "Cuando los pasabamos lempa buscando Refujio en Honduras los ametrallaban unos elicoctero y los mataron familiares". The word "Elicocteros" has been written in black ink in the upper right, above the two green helicopters. A blue band crosses the page horizontally, representing the river. Numerous human figures have been drawn in pencil along the upper bank of the river. The word "gente" has been written in black ink near these figures. The river is filled with floating human figures. Below the river, the words "Rio lempa" have been written, and an inscription in the lower left-hand corner reads "este dibujo es eho por Nora Alfaro su edades de 13 anos y bibe aquiem mesa grande". A narrow strip of word-processed text has been taped to the front, at the bottom of the page, and it reads "When we were crossing 'the Lempa' looking for a safe place in Honduras, helicopters were shooting on us. And they killed relatives."

Culture
Salvadoran
Made in
Honduras
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing2811/16

Laminated children's drawing consisting of a piece of beige legal paper mounted on a piece of blue construction paper. There is a rectangular piece of white paper on the back carrying an inscription in Spanish "Canpamento de Refujia do 11 chopo r Jr ma corina menvreno". This piece of paper on the back also contains a small image of a house. The composition on the front consists of four horizontal rows of A-frame tents, with seventeen tents in all. They are multicoloured and each one has been depicted with both ends showing.

Culture
Salvadoran
Made in
Honduras
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing2811/11

Laminated children's drawing consisting of a piece of beige legal paper mounted on a piece of blue construction paper. At the top of the composition an inscription in blue ink reads "Caza Rodiada de Soldados". Below this text, two human figures outlined in green are facing and pointing black guns at each other. A blue and red church with a green cross has been drawn below these human figures. There are three large flowers below the church with green leaves and stems, and they are coloured - from left to right - red, mauve, and orange. The words "Maribel Ayala" have been written in blue ink in the lower left-hand corner. A narrow strip of word-processed text has been taped to the front, at the bottom of the page, and it reads "The soldiers came and killed our families in El Salvador".

Culture
Salvadoran
Made in
Honduras
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing2811/64

Children's drawing on legal size off-white paper. There are drawings on both sides of the paper. The side that displays more figures and detail contains a green horizontal band in the middle of the page, representing a river. There is a narrow path on either side of the river, lined with human figures. Above the river, on the left, is a large human figure. A helicopter has been drawn in the upper right-hand corner. The word "riol" has been written in the upper left-hand corner. A large green tree can be seen below the river, along with a plane and a long line of twenty human figures. The side that displays fewer figures and less detail contains a helicopter, ten human figures, and a sketch of a river on the left side. The words "lepa" and "rio Lempa" have been written at the top of the page.

Culture
Salvadoran
Made in
Honduras
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing2811/77

Children's drawing on legal size off-white paper. The composition is divided by a horizontal band near the centre of the page. Two helicopters, four human figures, and a diagonal band have been drawn above the horizontal band. The diagonal band intersects the horizontal band, and the horizontal band contains a small human figure. It appears as though the helicopters are shooting at the human figures below, and one of the human figures is lying on the ground. Below the horizontal band stand two human figures, a structure with a roof, and a small tree. One of the human figures below the band is connected to one of the figures above the band with a line. The horizontal band likely represents the River Lempa.

Culture
Salvadoran
Made in
Honduras
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing2811/84

Children's drawing on legal size off-white paper. A multicoloured band divides the page vertically, and this likely represents a river. The upper left of the composition contains a blue human figure, an orange human figure, and a helicopter coloured black, orange, and green. The helicopter is shooting at the orange figure. At the top of the drawing, a purple tree and black human figure stand on the edge of the river, and a small human figure can also be seen floating in the river. The upper right of the composition contains two more helicopters, one coloured yellow and one coloured orange. The orange helicopter is shooting at a purple building with a human figure inside. The yellow helicopter is shooting at a yellow human figure that is directly below. This yellow figure is standing beside an orange tree. The words “Rio Lempa” have been written in pencil in the lower left of the page, and one large purple tree stands just above these words.

Culture
Salvadoran
Made in
Honduras
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing2811/83

Children's drawing on legal size off-white paper. A band coloured black, green, red, and blue crosses the page diagonally from the upper right to the lower left. The upper left of the composition contains a helicopter with a pilot inside. The upper right contains a single tree, positioned on the edge of the large band. A human figure coloured black and red, and holding a gun, has been drawn below the band. There is a house coloured black and red right below this human figure. The words “di bujo” have been written in pencil in the bottom left-hand corner of the page.

Culture
Salvadoran
Made in
Honduras
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing2811/82

Children's drawing on legal size off-white paper. The top of the page contains a multicoloured building in the upper left and a green and blue plant with two birds in the upper right. A small green tree and two human figures in pencil have been drawn below the building. The centre of the composition contains an oval blue object, likely representing a body of water, surrounded by round multicoloured objects. One yellow human body is floating in the water. Below the water are two human figures, one in a pink dress, holding a small child or doll, and the other dressed in yellow with a purple face.

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