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Jar2990/421

Small molded jar with red-brown long conical spout, black neck and concave top with oval opening in base. Painted design of whales on sides with red-brown face and black and white headdress, red-brown and orange-brown crayfishes and black tadpoles on concave top. Red-brown, orange-brown and black on cream background. Polished surface. Complete.

Culture
Nasca
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Nasca, Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Jar2990/416

Modeled-molded deer head jar with concave ring base. Black step pattern repeated around rim, on cream background. Animal's tongue is protruding from prominent snout; one black eye and one cream eye. Breakage not repaired.

Culture
Chancay
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Lima, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cup2990/377

Modified polychrome cup with flaring rim, narrow base and bulging centre. Terracotta with red-brown, light orange-brown, cream and black slip. Bold abstract decor with panel of four-stepped motif on rim. Burnished surface. Unbroken.

Culture
Tiahuanaco
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cup2990/374

Polychrome molded kero with flat base, flaring rim and polish technique on surface. Terracotta with red-brown, orange-brown, grey, cream and black slip. Painted feline-headed serpent design with forked tail, six cream and black diamond designs in body, a five point star, and black and cream stepped fret close to rim. Unbroken.

Culture
Tiahuanaco
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Lake Titicaca, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2990/369

Frog effigy terracotta bowl with flat base and circular cut in top. Frog has red-brown circle on chest and red-brown eyes, over cream slip. Polished surface; molded manufacture. Broken and restored.

Culture
Moche
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bottle2990/362

Cream-coloured bottle in lucuma fruit form. Terracotta with cream, brown and orange-brown slip. Flaring spout in black with vertical cream lines and a sacrificial victim design lying across top with a Tumi knife at their throat. Male figure is wearing a black vest with double vertical cream lines, headdress with triangular in relief motif and phallic design. Modeled and molded technique. Breakage not restored.

Culture
Inca and Chimu
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Jar2990/361

Effigy jar with flat base and flaring rim. Seated male figure in cream, black and orange-brown slip, holding black and cream-coloured cup to front. High relief decoration of eight notched flanges on headdress, applied rounded ear spools in black and cream, orange-brown face, fish-shaped eye markings in cream and black, goose skin collar decoration around neck. Modeled and molded technique. Unbroken.

Culture
Chancay
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Chancay, Lima, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bottle2990/358

Portrait bottle with stirrup, tubular spout and flat base. Terracotta with cream and red-brown slip, traces of fugitive black face markings. Concave disk on cream-coloured head band, tubular cream-coloured ear ornaments. Molded and modeled technique; polished surface. Breakage restored.

Culture
Moche
Material
adhesive, clay and paint
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bottle2990/356

Bird effigy bottle with single conical spout, tubular rim and strap handle. Terracotta with geometrical negative décor and cream slip around eyes. Twelve vents in whistle head, prominent beak, and eyes in high relief. Black, cream and red-brown paint. Molded and modeled technique; burnished surface. Breakage repaired.

Culture
Moche
Material
adhesive, clay and paint
Made in
Piura, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bottle2990/352

Stirrup conical spout bottle with flat base. Terracotta with cream and red-brown slip. Painted mythical scene: wrinkle faced warrior deity holds array of weapons, a small iguana figure dressed as a warrior to his front. Above them is a diagonal line with pendant step motifs that ends with serpent heads. Above is a small anthropomorphic warrior holding a rope attached to a ladder-like structure made of five double headed snakes that enclose three spiders. Above is another elaborate warrior-deity whose armament includes a pineapple mace and a sling (-weapons foreign to Moche culture). Surrounding this deity is an arc of radiating bands ending in serpent heads. The stirrup spout is axial-striped with wavy lines in between. Burnished surface. Unbroken.

Culture
Moche
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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