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Figure2847/46

Terracotta human-like figure. The head is hollow and wide, with a long oblong opening across the top. The facial features protrude and the eyes, brows and mouth are emphasized with paint. The forehead has painted hair and a protruding orange headband. Arms are held akimbo and the chest has small protruding breasts and navel, also painted. The figure rests on bent knees and the thighs are painted in curved brown and orange stripes. The back of the object is similarly painted. A hole is centred in the back of the head as well as on the flat base of the figure.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Costa Rica
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2847/45

Terracotta figure of a kneeling man. The head is large with a round striped headdress, protruding features, prominent decorated ears, and a round open mouth with paint running across the cheeks in stripes. Hands are on thighs with elbows pointing outward. Chest has an indented navel and protruding nipples, emphasized with brown paint. The legs are painted with stripes in orange and brown. The base of the figure is undecorated and contains a hole that opens into the hollow interior of the figure. A similar hole is bored into the back of the head.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Costa Rica
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2847/43

Terracotta human figure with a large, flat, square head with an oblong slit in the top leading into the object’s hollow centre. The facial features are slightly protruding and the eyes, brows and mouth are emphasized with paint. Rings sit at the ears. Arms are held akimbo and the chest projects slightly, with a hollowed out, painted ring at the centre. The legs separate, creating a hollow triangle that widens at the bottom. The back of the figure is flat and rounded. Pigment decorates the arms, legs, chest and back.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Costa Rica
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2847/41

Sitting, human-like clay figure. The head is round with protruding facial features, rings at the ears, and a long headdress with a spotted rim and scalloped centre ridge. In the middle of the chest is a hollowed-out ring. The left hand rests beside it while the right reaches toward the back, resting on top of a long scalloped vertical ridge running from shoulder to base. The figure’s knees are bent and between them is a rounded, protruding pelvis area. Several holes open into the hollowed figure, at waist and shoulder on each side, back of neck, and on the base. The object balances on two round feet and a similar projection at the back. Pigment decorates the feet, legs, pelvis area, arms, back ridge, face and headdress.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Costa Rica ? or Nicaragua ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bowl2847/59

Shallow clay bowl with slightly rounded bottom. Interior rim is decorated with an encircling strip of pattern, beneath which are two thin black lines. At the bottom centre is a round design of lines, dots and colour blocks. The exterior has a line of black at the rim, with the majority of the body covered by a whitish pigment.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and pigment
Made in
Costa Rica ? or Nicaragua ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bead2847/184

Long stone bead, thin and rounded but slightly squat, with a large hole bored laterally through the body, causing the walls to be very thin. In profile the bead is flat on bottom and slightly convex on top. The surface of the stone is shiny but otherwise undecorated.

Culture
Central America
Material
stone
Made in
Costa Rica ? or Nicaragua ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Vessel2847/38

Large clay vessel with three legs. The vessel is deep and wide-mouthed, with a flared rim descending into a concave body that flares again at the bottom. The base is rounded. The body is painted with a recurring diamond shaped motif in a light pigment. Three feet support the object and are shaped like human heads. The faces are long with a pointed chin at bottom, large, protruding and well shaped noses with indented nostrils, half circle ears, and round eyeholes bored into the hollow legs. Each head has a long vertical hole in the back.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Costa Rica ? or Nicaragua ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pot2847/37

Round ceramic pot. The body is bulbous and squat, with a relatively flat bottom. A large hole is in one side from shoulder to base and has been partially repaired with some of the broken pieces and adhesive. The body and neck of the pot have been painted in orange and black with flowing lines, dots and blocks of colour. The inside of the rim has also been painted with an encircling orange line. Around the body below the midpoint are three small round protrusions, embellished with pigment.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Costa Rica ? or Nicaragua ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bowl2847/35

Large clay bowl with rounded bottom. The interior of the bowl is painted elaborately with images of crouching figures and designs with swirled lines, circles, and blocks of colour. The inner rim is banded with two thick black lines, while two orange lines encircle the bottom. On the exterior of the bowl are two sets of encircling lines, the top black and the bottom orange, with large blocks of orange pigment evenly spaced between them.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Costa Rica ? or Nicaragua ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pot2847/31

Small ceramic pot, orange in colour. The outside shape of the neck is slightly concave, with a slightly flared rim. The body of the pot is bulbous and the bottom is rounded. Small bumps have been placed decoratively on the shoulder in two groups of two and one of one. Glaze appears to have covered the entire outside of the pot originally, but has been scraped away on protruding areas, such as the decorative bumps and parts of the rim.

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