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Pot3523/4

Red-brown pot with a spherical body and three spouts. Spouts are connected at their bases and extend from the top of the vessel at angles; openings are all flared. There is a raised band around the spout bases and around the vessel shoulder, with two handle-like protrusions on either side. Handles are oval-shaped with smooth tops and bottoms; outer edges of handles are decorated with incised diamonds. Circular motifs incised around bases of spouts; on front and right sides. Rest of vessel is undecorated.

Culture
Nupe
Material
clay and ochre pigment
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pot3523/3

Red-brown pot with a cylindrical body and wide circular opening; lip is flared. Bottom section of body bulges outward before tapering into a high foot. Bands of incised decorations all along cylindrical section of body; bands consist of plain and diagonal lines, and zigzags. Raised square grids and plain lines with vertical decorations throughout bands. Two raised circles along front centre of body, with two conical protrusions on either side; two small circular protrusions in between the raised circles. Conical protrusions have horizontal lines incised across their sides, circular protrusions are covered in dots, and circles are filled with raised squares. Dot motifs border all protrusions and the circles. Bottom section of body and base of pot are undecorated.

Culture
Nupe
Material
clay and ochre pigment
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pot3597/1

Clay pot decorated with wedged and incised motifs along sides. Ceramic has a small circular opening with a flared rim; extends into a long neck that flares out to a sharp shoulder. Upper half of body slopes to a pointed ridge that circles pot; bottom half rounds to a flat foot. Triangle designs wedged along edge of shoulder; "X"'s incised in a band around upper half of body. "X"s have lines in between each of them; plain line runs underneath all "X"'s. Pieces of grain(?) embedded in bottom interior of pot. Unsigned.

Culture
Dusun
Material
clay
Made in
Keningau, Sabah, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pot3573/17 a-b

Large, round black clay pot (part a) and woven base (part b). From rounded centre, pot tapers in to a rounded point at the base. Short neck, wide flat rim. Shiny black finish.

Culture
Mexican
Material
clay and grass ?
Made in
San Bartolo Coyotepec, Oaxaca, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Seed Pot3573/12

Small round 'seed' pot. Small vessel with rounded shoulder that tapers in to a rounded bottom. There is a small hole at top, centre. Zoomorphic and anthropomorphic designs all over in bold brown-black and dark red-brown on a light off-white background.

Culture
Pueblo: Acoma
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pot3549/2

Large round pot with a wide circular opening and tall lip. Shoulder curves out sharply before gently tapering to a small circular base. Exterior of pot is painted solid white and decorated with six bands of varying widths. Lip is decorated with two bands, trimmed with white borders, that are made up of squares. Squares are filled with an assortment of geometric motifs; done in white, black and dark red. Middle of pot is decorated with a wide band filled with an alternating design of irregular shapes; top edge is bordered with semi-circles, bottom has a plain border. Shapes alternate between design and the edge they extend from. Shape extending from top edge has a square-like top, circular middle and tiered rectangles, with rounded tips, on bottom. Stair-like design frames the tiered rectangles. Shape extending from the bottom edge is a rectangle with a rounded top; bent arrows protrude from either side. Three tiered rectangles frame the bottom of the shape. Both irregular shapes are filled with geometric motifs; done in dark red, black and white. Large insects are painted in between the shapes. Three bands decorate bottom third of pot. Top two are similar to bands around lip; third is filled with white arches, with the negative space painted black. Interior of pot is lightly painted white to the midpoint; bottom half is natural clay. Artist signature painted along edge of base.

Culture
Pueblo: San Felipe
Material
clay and paint
Made in
New Mexico, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pot3549/3

Round white pot with a wide circular opening and straight lip. Shoulder curves out sharply before gently tapering to a small circular base. Base is concave. Lip and shoulder are white and decorated with rows of imprinted semi-circles; black band painted where lip and shoulder meet. Band has a meander-like pattern, made up of white triangles. Edge above base is painted white. Four rectangular panels painted along sides of pot, divided by white lines. All panels have an identical design consisting of a diagonal band, stretching from the bottom left to the top right corner, creating two triangles in the top left and bottom right corners of the rectangle. Band has a white zigzag through the centre, creating an alternating triangle motifs; top triangles are orange, bottom ones are white with black lines throughout. Top triangle is filled with smaller triangles, ovals, diamonds and a meander-like pattern; done in black, white and orange. Bottom triangle is filled with smaller triangles, intersecting lines and floral motifs; done in black and white. Artist signature painted across base; pencil inscription along edge.

Culture
Pueblo: Acoma
Material
clay and paint
Made in
New Mexico, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pot3549/1

Round white pot with a wide circular opening and straight lip. Shoulder curves out sharply before gently tapering into a circular base. Base is concave. Exterior of lip is painted black, edges bordered with white, with white triangular motifs throughout. Edge above base is painted dark orange-red. Four rectangular panels painted along sides of pot, divided by white lines. Panel on front has a black turtle inside an orange circle. White triangles and ovals across shell and on feet of turtle. Diamonds, pointed ovals and geometric motifs throughout circle; done in white and dark orange-red. Sections of rectangle not covered by circle are black with white triangles. Other three panels have birds as the central design; birds are on a white background. From left to right, the birds are: yellow, black, and orange. Yellow bird is standing inside an irregularly shaped, inverted triangle and surrounded by orange and black waves; rest of rectangle is black with abstract plant and dot motifs. Black bird has gold highlights throughout and is standing inside an irregularly shaped, inverted triangle. Rest of panel is black with white floral motifs throughout. The orange bird is inside a diamond, hovering next to a yellow flower. The diamond is framed with black triangles made up of intersecting lines; triangles are bordered by connected black triangles. Two thin triangles are hanging from the top of the diamond, overtop the yellow bird. Pot is unsigned.

Culture
Pueblo: Zia
Material
clay and paint
Made in
New Mexico, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pot3517/7

Raku ceramic pot with rounded shoulders and a bulbous body, that tapers to a small flat base. Shoulders done in a beige-pink with raised white dots throughout; white rings around opening and where shoulder meets body. Body done in beige-green with dark brown and metallic patches throughout. Raised white dots and curvilinear motifs across surface; additional incised curvilinear designs throughout. Base is black and unglazed; incised artist signature covered by a cloth label.

Culture
Canadian
Material
clay and glaze
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pot3522/21

Small black clay pot with a round bottom. Lip flares out slightly before extending into a straight neck. Shoulder of pot is steep and body is bulbous. The neck and shoulder are decorated with rows of incised triangles; body is decorated with a line of ovals, made up of incised squares. The base has a circle design filled with differently angled lines; all shapes are made up of incised squares.

Culture
Krahn
Material
clay and pigment
Made in
Liberia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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