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House Post3289/60

Painted house beam. Object is a slice of a tree trunk, covered in white plaster on the front, with the bark left on the back. The part that has been plastered is painted with natural pigments. The beam would be read bottom to top. At the bottom is one of the patron saints; San Juan Bautista. In phrases divided by various patterns, such as flowers and llamas, the beam depicts a range of daily activities such as sowing seeds and weaving. The persons represented are named in writing. At the top of the beam is the sun.

Culture
Peruvian
Made in
Sarhua, Ayacucho, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Amate Drawing3289/17

Highly detailed drawing in black ink, on natural amate paper. Horizontal orientation on rectangular paper. The imagery depicts the migration of workers to the USA. The image covers almost the entire paper except for the outer border. Artist inscription below at left.

Culture
Mexican
Made in
Xalitla, Guerrero, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Amate Drawing3289/15

Highly detailed drawing in black ink, on natural amate paper. Vertical orientation on rectangular paper. The imagery depicts maize agriculture and tortilla production. The image covers almost the entire paper except for a thin border. Artist inscription below.

Culture
Mexican
Made in
Xalitla, Guerrero, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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El Codice de Ayotzinapa3289/20

Very wide brown paper protest banner; horizontal orientation. Text and illustrations are divided into fifteen panels. The first panel has the title (farthest left), then the panels alternate between text and illustration until the end. Artist names and INAH inscription at farthest right end, lower corner.

Culture
Mexican
Made in
Mexico City, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Devil Costume3289/5 b-c

Luzbel devil costume; large black velvet sequinned tunic (part b), with matching pants (part c). Made of black velvet with white fringe all along bottom of tunic, cuffs, and pant legs. Tunic has shiny red wing-like extensions with solid red sequin stickers underneath. Separate star or comet(?) designs on each arm. Back of tunic has heavily sequinned Mayan design in green, silver and red; large red devil face on front. Many plastic discs and flowers sewn on. Two silver six-point stars with a short string of silver bead garland are attached on the left side. Black corduroy pants have drawstring waist, and sequinned designs on pant legs and below devil face. (Part a is the matching cape.)

Culture
Mexican
Material
synthetic fibre, fibre and plastic
Made in
Tocuaro, Michoacan, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Amate Drawing3289/19

Highly detailed drawing in black ink, on natural amate paper. Vertical orientation on rectangular paper. The imagery depicts tiered agricultural scenes. The image covers almost the entire paper except for the outer border. Artist inscription below.

Culture
Mexican
Made in
Xalitla, Guerrero, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Amate Drawing3289/16

Highly detailed drawing in black ink, on natural amate paper. Vertical orientation on rectangular paper. The imagery depicts scenes of political campaigning. The image covers almost the entire paper except for the outer border. Artist inscription below.

Culture
Mexican
Made in
Xalitla, Guerrero, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Amate Drawing3289/18

Highly detailed drawing in black ink, on natural amate paper. Horizontal orientation on rectangular paper. The imagery depicts the production of amate drawings. The image covers the entire paper to the edges. Artist inscription below.

Culture
Mexican
Made in
Xalitla, Guerrero, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shark Sculpture3286/1

Large hammerhead shark figure made from reclaimed plastic fishing nets ("ghost nets"), plastic twine and rope. Figure has a partial metal frame inside.

Culture
Torres Strait Islander
Material
metal, steel metal and plastic
Made in
“Torres Strait Islands: Erub Island” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Seal Headdress3106/9

Carved and painted seal headdress. Headdress is a rounded triangular shape with a snub nose. Forehead and crown are grey. Thick black bands outlined in white form eyebrows over shallow white hollows meeting above nose. Eyes are black circles ringed by a black circle and a rounded red arrow. Nose is grey with thin red curls for nostrils. Carved red lips outlined in white over grey cheeks. Ribbed black cloth and rough cotton strips hang down back of mask. Plastic headgear attached to interior.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar wood, acrylic paint, synthetic fibre, cotton fibre, plastic and metal
Made in
'Yalis (Alert Bay), British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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