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La defensa del maiz3289/104 a-i

Stencil set showing stock of maize. Stencils installed as a set of nine: three rectangles high, three layers deep. Each stencil layer was aerosol painted with a different colours - bright green, dark purple, and black.

Culture
Mexican
Made in
Oaxaca, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blouse3289/97

Blouse made of a sheer white fabric. The bib is heavily embroidered in navy with floral designs. Below the bib, the fabric is ruched, creating a tight fit, which becomes looser towards the hem. The front of the body is embroidered with rows of varying-sizes of zigzags, with a larger band which extends around the garment. Both the neck and sleeves are lined with white lace with navy ribbon woven through, which has ends for tying. The bottom hem is unfinished.

Culture
Maya
Material
synthetic fibre and fibre
Made in
Aguacatenango, Chiapas, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blouse3289/98

Blouse made of a sheer white fabric. The bib is heavily embroidered in burgundy with floral designs. Below the bib, the fabric is ruched, creating a tight fit, which becomes looser towards the hem. The front of the body is embroidered with rows of varying-sizes of zigzags, with a larger band which extends around the garment. Both the neck and sleeves are lined with white lace with burgundy ribbon woven through, which has ends for tying. The bottom hem is unfinished.

Culture
Maya
Material
synthetic fibre and fibre
Made in
Aguacatenango, Chiapas, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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La defensa del maiz3289/103 a-f

Stencil set showing a person crouched down, wearing a protective suit with respirator, and holding a large syringe. Stencils installed as a set of six: two rectangles high, three layers deep. Each stencil layer was aerosol painted with a different colour - light taupe, dark taupe, and black.

Culture
Mexican
Made in
Oaxaca, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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La defensa del maiz3289/102 a-i

Stencil set showing a person wearing a protective suit, bent forward, in partial profile. Stencils installed as a set of nine: three rectangles high, three layers deep. Each stencil layer was aerosol painted with a different colour - light taupe, dark taupe, and black.

Culture
Mexican
Made in
Oaxaca, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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La defensa del maiz3289/101 a-i

Stencil set showing a person wearing a protective suit and respirator, slightly bent forward, with his hands/arms partially raised. Stencils installed as a set of nine: three rectangles high, three layers deep. Each stencil layer was aerosol painted with a different colour - light taupe, dark taupe and black.

Culture
Mexican
Made in
Oaxaca, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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La defensa del maiz3289/100 a-l

Stencil set with outlines of aerosol paint, showing a person wearing a protective suit and respirator with hands raised above head ("hands up, don't shoot" position). Stencils installed as a set of twelve: four rectangles stacked, three layers deep. Each stencil layer was aerosol painted with a different colour - light taupe, dark taupe and black.

Culture
Mexican
Made in
Oaxaca, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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La defensa del maiz3289/99 a-l

Stencil set showing a woman in partial profile pointing a rifle to viewers right. The woman wears a wrap on her head, blouse, long skirt and sandals. Stencils are installed as a set of twelve: three layers deep; three rectangles high in one stack (parts a-c, e-g, i-k) with additional rectangle at the upper right (parts d, h, l), showing the end of the gun. Each stencil layer was aerosol painted with a different colour - light taupe, dark taupe, and black.

Culture
Mexican
Made in
Oaxaca, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing3223/14

A drawing of five skulls on a one-sided piece of paper. The drawing is horizontally oriented. The top-right edge of the paper is cut into a concave curve; the bottom-right edge is cut at a forty-five degree angle. The background of the drawing is decorated with crisscrossing assemblages of line patterns of varying lengths and thicknesses. There are two parallel orange lines extending horizontally from the very left skull to the right edge of the paper; all of the line assemblages above the parallel lines are drawn in orange ink, below the lines are both orange and yellow assemblages. In the foreground, five human skulls are drawn in a row; the skulls are outlined in dark green ink, the interior space is white, and the eye sockets and nasal cavities are decorated with crisscrossing green line patterns. The reverse-side of the paper is blank.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Hupacasath
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing3223/6

A vertically oriented drawing on a single-sided piece of paper. At the top of the page is a decorated crescent-shaped being with eyes, a mouth, and a curled nose. A small coastal mountain scene is drawn below. Under the mountain scene, in the middle section of the page, are six human-like figures, and a human skull. The human-like figures all have their hands in the air, their hair is drawn upwards suggesting that they are moving in a downward direction, and they all have circular eyes and mouths. The largest human-like figure is embellished with male genitalia. The skull, larger than any of the human-like figures, is positioned horizontally in the centre of the page. At the very bottom of the page is a decorated thunderbird(?) with a human-like left hand and an arrow extending outwards from its mouth. The reverse-side of the page is blank.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Hupacasath
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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