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Knitted Figure2990/627 a-b

Part a) Cross-knit, looping, border element for garment. Double faced polychrome figure with fan held in front of face on one side and baton held in other hand. Head and torso only; the skirt were part of a continuous band knit separately with legs added below. Light red, black, blue, green, dark green, purple and brown coloured threads. Incomplete. Part b) Cross-knit, looping, border element for garment. Double faced polychrome figure with fan held in front of face on one side and baton held in other hand. Light red, black, blue, green, dark green and purple coloured threads. Head and torso only; the skirt were part of a continuous band knit separately with legs added below. Incomplete.

Culture
Nasca
Material
dye, wool fibre and cotton fibre
Made in
Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Knitted Figure2990/626

Cross-knit, double-faced polychrome figure. Figure has forehead ornament, baton in one hand, and fan with jicama on pommel in other hand. Light brown, yellow, red, pink, brown, blue and black coloured threads.

Culture
Nasca
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bottle2990/554

Double spout black bottle with rounded base and burnished surface. One spout is ornamented with a falcon head. The vessel is incised with an occult being head on each side, abstract vencejos (birds), reed stamp circles and step fret symbols between and below the spouts. Complete

Culture
Paracas
Material
clay
Made in
Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bottle2990/546

Grey-brown molded bottle with compressed ovoid form and thin-conical spout connected by a bridge handle with zoomorphic blind spout. Broad negative dots on body and bird decoration on blind spout. Two vencejo (bird) incised panels with traces of red-brown and cream paints. Burnished surface. Breakage repaired.

Culture
Paracas
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Teojate, Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bowl2990/473

Red-brown burnished and molded terracotta bowl with straight sides and rounded base. Incised and painted band at rim, two panels of stepped diagonals alternating with two vencejos (birds). Traces of orange-red pigment. Complete.

Culture
Paracas
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Teojate, Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bowl2990/229

Flaring and polished bowl with a slight round base. Painted designs of a barbed band with vencejos (birds) between barbs. Red, orange, purple, yellow, gray and black on cream ground. Molded manufacture. Broken and repaired.

Culture
Nasca
Material
adhesive, clay and paint
Made in
Nasca, Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bowl2990/222

Hemispherical orange-grey molded and burnished bowl. Incised painted decoration of a continuous band at orange-red rim with four panels of geometrical vencejos (birds) and two of profile fox heads with arm below jaw. Traces of black, red-brown, brown, orange-red and cream pigments. Broken and repaired.

Culture
Paracas
Material
adhesive, clay and paint
Made in
Teojate, Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Jarlet2990/221

Small flaring rim molded jar with rounded base and polish technique on surface. Painted designs of four frogs with head oriented to right side and one tadpole with head oriented to rim. Black, gray, orange-brown and cream on red-brown ground. Circles on interior rim represent frog eggs, painted in orange-brown, cream, grey and light brown, with black dots in the interior. Rounded base decorated with black and white circular band. Complete.

Culture
Nasca
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Nasca, Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cup2990/220

Flaring rim cup with rounded base and polish technique on surface. Painted design of six vencejos (birds) with dark-brown bodies in vertical position and heads oriented to rim, orange-brown beaks and neck bands of orange-brown, red-brown and gray (repeated twice) on white ground. Broken and repaired. Molded manufacture.

Culture
Nasca
Material
adhesive, clay and paint
Made in
Nasca, Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bowl2990/216

Polished and molded small bowl with rounded base. Painted anthropomorphic killer whale design; hooked elements between fins. Red, orange-red, dark cream, gray and black on cream ground. Black and cream quartered base. Broken and repaired.

Culture
Nasca
Material
adhesive, clay and paint
Made in
Cahuachi, Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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