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FigureEf195

Clay model of human figure. Torso is pinched at waist. Lower extremities form skirt also serving as solid base. Arms are stumpy and roughly depicted. Face is painted yellow. Skirt is red, green, and light blue. Wears silver crown. Back is unpainted.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
paint, lacquer and clay
Made in
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureEf194

Clay model of human figure. Torso is pinched at waist. Lower extremities form skirt that also serves as solid base. The skirt is painted yellow, red, and green. Arms are stumpy and roughly depicted. Face is painted blue with orange features. Wears silver crown.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
paint, lacquer and clay
Made in
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureM1.130

Figure depicting a priestess made of light brown grainy clay with white limestone particles and dark grits, giving the surface a speckled appearance, and fine fold mica. The figure is covered in white slip with red and black thin, matt paint. The figure has a cylindrical body and is dressed with hieratic garments and necklaces with a wreath on her head. She holds her right arm across her chest with her right hand cupping the bottom of the longer necklace. A wig-like coiffure lies on each shoulder. Painted with broad red bands across the chest, black on the sleeves and wreath, and black outlines around the eyes.

Culture
Cypriot
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Cyprus
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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VaseM1.137

Bird-shaped askos or vase consisting of brown clay with a cream slip. Fine-grained clay with small white limestone grits, a few dark grits and a small amount of fine mica. Black, thin matt paint. Bird has a short fat body and two short stumps for legs. Wings are indicated by painted decoration. Tubular spout on back. Vertical loop handle attached to spout and head. Broad bands of paint accent the body parts.

Culture
Cypriot
Material
paint and clay
Made in
Cyprus
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureM1.129

Figure of a horse and rider consisting of red clay with a cream slip. Buff, gritty fabric, full of white limestone particles and dark grits, giving the surface a speckled appearance. Black and red paint, thin and matt. Horse with applied tail and ears, human figure on back wears a conical headdress. He rests his hands on either side of the horse's head. Figures are modeled separately. Physical details of each figure rendered in paint as well as linear decoration on horse's neck.

Culture
Cypriot
Material
paint and clay
Made in
Cyprus
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureM1.135

Figure of a horse consisting of grey clay with a white slip. Buff, gritty clay, full of small white limestone particles and dark grits. Animal has two panniers on back. Tail, eyes, and ears modeled in relief. The bottom of each pannier is pierced through and plugged with an unidentifiable substance.

Culture
Cypriot
Material
clay
Made in
Cyprus
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureM1.134

Bull figure, consisting of mottled red, fairly grainy clay, full of white limestone particles and fine silver mica. White slip with remnants of black paint. The bull has two grooves on either side of neck, pellets for eyes, grooves on front of head. Ears and tail made separately and applied. There is a circular hole in the bottom of the stomach.

Culture
Greek: Mycenaean
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Greece ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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VesselSf378

Gourd-shaped black ceramic jar with flaring neck and wide mouth. The upper portion is ornamented with a monkey figure, modelled in relief, sprawling across body of vessel with the jar neck raising from its back. The body has been broken and repaired.

Culture
Chimu
Material
clay
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JarSe160

Polychrome effigy jar with flared lip, bulbous at top of neck, the rest of the neck slopes slightly, then sharply flares to shoulder and constricts sharply to flat 18 cm. base. Modelled face on neck with protruding ears, nose and chin. Slits at eyes and mouth. Rectilinear dark brown and orange on light yellow/brown design from neck to shoulder. Thick dark brown lines mark off areas in straight and stepped lines and zigzag connections. Some orange lines and fine dark brown lines infill spaces. Occasional x's on these lines. Orange diamond below face, brown zigzag at forehead. Orange for bottom half and at inside rim. Black and light brown patches around bottom. Plain inside. Resin coated inside and out. Scrapes and chips at shoulder. Dirt accretions and checked patches. Paint chipped on face.

Culture
Shipibo
Material
caraipe bark ash, resin, pigment and clay
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JarSe159

Polychrome effigy jar with flared lip, slightly sloping neck, then sharp slope to shoulder, constricting sharply from shoulder to 18 cm. flat base. Two modelled faces oppose on neck, ears, nose and chin which jut out. Slit for eyes and mouth. Dark brown and orange/brown rectilinear motif on light yellow/brown, on faces and to shoulder between. Main design feature is thick outlined (dark brown) cross shaped boxes with crosses and other lines inside and out. Below faces are light yellow/brown painted torsos with 4 fingered hands, outlined in dark brown on dark orange ground. Zig-zag edge between arms and torso with triangles on line outside arms. Below shoulders is solid rubbed dark orange with black, carbonized areas. Outside rim is dark brown, inside jar is dark orange for half neck, unpainted for remainder. Resin coating outside and partially inside. Scrape across one hand. Some chips at rim, checking at shoulder.

Culture
Shipibo
Material
caraipe bark ash, resin, pigment and clay
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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