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Vessel2847/34

Terracotta tripod vessel with legs representing grimacing monkeys. Shallow round pot with straight sides inclining inwards. The shoulder is low and sharp and leads to a slightly rounded bottom. The pot balances on three legs, two carved into animal heads, with the third leg’s head partially missing. The heads have a long snout with large canine teeth. Round eye holes are bored through the clay into the hollowed head. Round ears protrude from each side of the head. One of the mouths contains a small round clay ball that creates a rattling sound when moved. The pot is burnished a dark orange and a patterns of encircling lines can be discerned in spots along the body.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Vessel2847/16

Painted terracotta vessel with globular bowl forms stacked on pedestal base. The top bowl has a band of cream and red squares encircling it. Pot body consists of two equally sized orbs, one atop the other. The top orb has a small mouth with rim, while the bottom orb sits on a wide flaring base that is hollowed on the inside. The interior of the pot is hollow throughout both orbs. The shoulder of the pot is painted in a rough, rust coloured checked pattern, with brown lines below that are mimicked on the top of the second orb. The bottom orb and base are painted with abstract figures. The interior of the pot is undecorated.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pot2847/99

Terracotta pot with three legs. A small mouth widens into a bulbous body with a rounded bottom. The neck is painted with three encircling rings of pattern showing interlocking colour blocks, lines and circles. Elaborate creatures are painted on the body. The three legs of the pot are circular and hollow with an oblong slash cut into each, through which you can see a small clay ball that rattles when the object is moved.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pot2847/69

Terracotta pot with a wide mouth, flared rim and a somewhat bulbous body with a rounded base and three rattle legs. The body is decorated with lines and patterns in orange and brown, very faded and obscured over much of the surface. The interior of the pot is painted with orange lines from rim to base. The legs are cone shaped with incised holes showing the hollow interior. Small clay balls can be seen through the incisions, which rattle when moved.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dish2847/67

Trileg terracotta dish with animal feet. Dish is shallow with a wide mouth, narrowing to a slightly narrower base. The interior sides of the dish are painted with patterns of brown lines and orange colour blocks, while the bottom has a single orange circle painted in the centre. The outside body is similarly decorated with colour blocks, lines, and dots in orange and brown. The base of the pot is flat and undecorated. The three feet take the shape of animal heads with the chin resting on the floor. Each head is triangular in shape with painted eyes and a long snout with a round nose and painted mouth. Two small holes pierce each head on the sides and when the dish is moved, a slight muffled jingle can be heard emanating from each foot.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dish2847/101

Terracotta tripod dish with a slightly flared rim and concave outer sides on a relatively deep, flat-bottomed body. The exterior of the dish is painted with a series of black lines and light brown and orange blocks of colour. The bottom is not painted. On the inside wall are interspersing red and light brown designs as well as encircling lines of colour. The interior bottom is painted with lines and curls surrounding a central light coloured figure. The dish has three large legs in the shape of human-like faces. The eyes, brows, and nose protrude and are emphasized with black paint. The ears also protrude. The mouths are at the bottom, open, and with the chin supporting the weight of the pot. Each leg is hollow and contains a clay rattle-ball.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pot2847/102

Painted terracotta footed pot. The body is tall and egg shaped, with a somewhat rough rim around a narrow mouth. It is painted with the image of a feathered serpent, with flowing lines, dots and patterns coloured in orange and brown and has a cream slip. The pot has a prominent foot that flares downward and is decorated with encircling lines of brown and orange. The bottom of the pot inside the foot is very round, as if continuing the egg shape of the body. The interior of the pot is undecorated.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Vessel2847/1

Terracotta tripod vessel with rattle legs. Round clay bowl with a deep body, wide mouth, a slightly flaring rim and rounded bottom. The three legs supporting the bowl are hollow, each in the shape of an animal head with prominent horned brows, oblong holes for eyes on the sides of the head, and a long snout with open mouth, chin to the bottom. A hole is bored into each leg on the interior side. When the vessel is moved, a soft rattling sound emanates from the legs and an irregularly shaped ball can be seen inside each. Faded pigment colours portions of the legs, the outside of the bowl, and the interior with an encircling ring at rim and midpoint.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Effigy VesselSa387

Nicoya polychrome, round-bodied clay vessel with three short bulging legs and a straight upright rim. The straight upright rimis painted with a red and black geometric pattern. The legs are painted with black 'S''s, 'x''s, and dots around the bulging area which is separated from the straight black vertical lines along the bottom area with a horizontal red band. The body of the vessel has a protruding face outlined with a red and black sun-like patterned design. The two arms curve inward in an S-shape, mirroring each other, allowing the hands to rest on the belly near the middle.

Culture
Nicoya
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlSa388

Belen incised ware, half-rounded clay bowl with three legs. Each leg is shaped with a head that has round ears, the eyes cut out, a protruding nose, a mouth cut out and open at both sides to show teeth but closed at the front. There is a ball within each leg.

Culture
Nicoya
Material
clay
Made in
Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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