Showing items held at 13 different institutions.
Showing items held at 13 different institutions.
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Dark orange clay jug, with small flat base, bulbous body, defined neck and lip around a circular mouth, has a partial face moulded in shallow relief onto the neck. Area above shoulder of jug has been burnished in a dark red.
Hollow orange clay monkey is has painted red body, cream face, chest and exposed genitalia, and black feet, hands, tail, body tattoos and facial details. Animal sits on its haunches, holding a banana in one hand, the other arm draped over its belly. A long tail curves up its back and an open mouth reveals individual teeth.
Bowl-shaped half of a large round gourd with exterior surface completely covered with engraving. Depicted in the centre of the light brown base is a village scene of celebration with many people, in traditional costume, all drinking, dancing, and playing musical instruments. Around the thick rim run bands of vegetal decoration and an interlocking chain pattern.
Hand coiled, gourd-shaped pale orange clay owl has all details, except the rust red beak and eye, hand painted in black over a white background. The scallop feather pattern that covers most of the body and head area does not extend down to the base bottom. Both large bulging eyes and broad beak with black mouth are highlighted by a surrounding fringe of numerous lashes and whiskers.
Scene of the Christian nativity set on a circular platform with brown painted detailing over white clay and coated with a green glaze. Animals and figures surround a baby in a cradle, beneath an arched architectural feature.
Clay vessel or jug in the shape of a musician playing a horn-like musical instrument. Small round opening at the top of the hat is a spout for pouring chicha. Figure's cream trousers, shirt and hat, brown shoes, jacket and eyes have been painted over a light brown clay.
Realistic representation of shark head is painted bluish gray with carved black eyes and red gill lines. Worn with nose pointing upwards, the beard and the mouth, made up of part of the jaw and teeth of a shark set above a row of squared white wood teeth, are therefore facing forward. The headdress has long strands of grass fibres hanging from the sides and a foam lining around the interior rim. The jaw is held in with nails and two strands of woven synthetic rope are knotted and pulled through holes in the wood.
Large cross made of green painted iron bars with pointed tip at bottom has several decorative metal cut-outs attached that swivel on nails. Four yellow flames project out from a disc at the centre cross point, on top of which sits a red strawberry-like shape. Lower on the cross, two creamy white doves drink from a gold chalice and two praying angels in blue and white striped robes kneel on a semi-circular swing-like bar.
Silver-hinged, half-moon shaped wood lid with a carving in the interior. Depicted in the dark wood is an 18th century scene (orbis mundi) of a bearded Christ holding a globe in one hand and blessing with the other, surrounded by spiraling circles. The three decorative hinges are floral shaped
Painted wood altar screen depicting eight saints. The panel, painted with a pale yellow background, is divided into eight rectangular spaces with black spiral borders, each with stage-like curtains and a standing (one riding) figure wearing colourful robes of red, blue, yellow, green, brown and black. The names of each of the saints is written in black marker on the back of the panel - Saints Anthony, Joseph, Francis, James, Luis Obispo, Anne, Michael Archangel, and Our Lady of the Rosary.