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Jar2894/5

Small multi-coloured square jar, with rounded corners and large indents in each side. The shoulder is sharp and angles toward a straight sided, round neck. The round foot angles slightly inward. The glaze is brown with some areas of specked greenish blue and specks of black. The interior is speckled white and black. The base is unglazed.

Culture
Canadian ?
Material
clay and glaze
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Jar2894/4

Cylindrical jar, rounded, that inclines slightly toward the top. The shoulder is high and lightly angled toward the thin neck. Atop the neck is a wide round rim. The jar has a round base, only slightly smaller than the bottom of the jar. The jar is glazed a matte mottled grey brown, with a pattern of wavy and crossing lines carved horizontally around the body. The shoulder and neck are a matte brown, and the rim is a very shiny dark brown. The base is unglazed, and a dark orange colour. An artist signature is carved into the foot.

Culture
Canadian
Material
clay and glaze
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pot2847/84

Small round trileg vessel with circle of round indentations. It is relatively tall and straight sided. The rim flares out slightly. The pot has three thick conical legs attached to the bottom. The wall of the body is quite thick, and on the interior can be seen to thicken toward the bottom. Close to the top of the body is a single encircling line of incised dots for decoration. The legs are covered in a regular pattern of similar dots.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay
Made in
Costa Rica ? or Nicaragua ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Vessel2847/64

Tall terracotta footed tricolour vessel. It is narrow at mouth, flaring toward a deep rounded shoulder. A tall, hollow pedestal is included in the formation, flaring at top where it meets the body of the pot, as well as at bottom. The pot is decorated with encircling strips of delicately painted patterns, consisting of swirls, geometric designs, and colour blocks. The interior of the pot is unpainted.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Costa Rica ? or Nicaragua ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pot2847/19

Terracotta painted trileg pot with animals. The round pot is somewhat squat and bulbous, with a concave neck and slightly flared rim. At the back, a rounded, open handle is attached at rim and shoulder. Opposite is a small creature emerging from the pot’s neck, with a large head and snout, curving arms, and large feet. On each side of the pot at the shoulder is a small head, similar to that of the creature on the front. The pot sits on three conical legs, each with grooves carved through to a hollow centre. The pot is decorated with a series of criss-crossing lines on the body, and diagonal lines on the interior of the neck, in a light orange colour.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Costa Rica ? or Nicaragua ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Vessel2847/14

Cylindrical trileg vessel with horizontal ridges and two handles at neck. Vessel is tall and cylindrical, with several encircling ridges on the body. The mouth is small with a thick flaring rim. From the neck protrudes a rounded handle. Opposite is a small head, possibly of a turtle. The pot sits on three legs, also shaped like turtle heads. Decoration consists of a line of incised dots around the shoulder and on the neck, as well as protruding half circles of clay with incised dots along the base.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay
Made in
Costa Rica ? or Nicaragua ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pot2847/106

Tarago bisque, bulbous pot with two zoomorphic handles. Pot has a small mouth atop a straight-walled neck, shoulder slopes slightly and has a short straight drop to the pot body, which is round and bulbous, wide at centre point and narrowing to a round pointed bottom. On either side of the neck is a small creature, with four legs and a raised tail. One of the creatures is headless (due to damage), while the other has a wide, squat face, long wide mouth, and slit eyes. The pot is not painted and has no other decoration.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay
Made in
Costa Rica ? or Nicaragua ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile2966/1

Small weaving sample, woven on a loom, made of dyed wool and another fibre (packing material ?). The textile is rectangular, with uneven sides. At top and bottom are thick strips of white and yellow weaving. Between them, the body of the work is a random mix of dark blue, yellow and white fibres, with specks of orange.

Culture
Canadian
Material
wool fibre and synthetic fibre ?
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl2946/32

Small woven everyday mantle or shawl. Rectangular with undecorated black upper half and a central band of geometric patterns flanked by rows of animal designs on the lower half. Images of figures and insects. The animal patterns mirror each other across the linear design in the centre of the bottom portion. There are green, blue and purple stripes running horizontally across the lower half. All four sides have a white border with green and purple dots.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre
Made in
Candelaria, Chuquisaca, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth2947/13

Rectangular medium-brown tapa cloth with geometric patterns in light brown. Decorated with alternating four-point stars and pinwheels. One half of the tapa cloth is significantly more faded. Three sides have a broad un-pigmented border with irregular edges.

Culture
Samoan
Material
mulberry bark and pigment
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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