Skirt

MOA: University of British Columbia

3254/63

Length of plaited coconut fibre with a short fringe. The fringe is created from thin strips of grass woven into waistband. On each end, the plaited cord thins out once the fringe stops. It appears that some sections of the fringe were originally dyed red or black. A small piece of tape with the c...

Amate Drawing

MOA: University of British Columbia

3289/15

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.

The Harpist

MOA: University of British Columbia

3010/21 a-d

Male figure playing a harp. Male figure (part a) wearing knee-length black robes with a white tie at the waist and a necklace made of white and red seeds. Both arms and legs are moveable. The large harp (part b) has two feet and is strung with nylon. The figure has large hands with long fingers, ...

The Violin Player

MOA: University of British Columbia

3010/20 a-d

Male figure playing a violin. Male figure (part a) wearing knee-length black robes with a white tie at the waist. He holds a violin (part b) in his left hand and a bow (part c) in his right, both strung with nylon. His mouth is open and baring teeth. Both arms and legs are moveable. The figure st...

The Flute Player

MOA: University of British Columbia

3010/17 a-c

Flute player figure. Male figure (part a) wearing knee-length black robes with a white tie at the waist. He holds a red flute (part b) in his large hands. His head tilts to the left, and lips pursed. Both arms and legs are moveable. The figure stands on a wooden platform (part c), which has two l...

El Codice de Ayotzinapa

MOA: University of British Columbia

3289/20

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, lowe...

Devil Costume

MOA: University of British Columbia

3289/5 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(?) de...

Amate Drawing

MOA: University of British Columbia

3289/19

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.

Amate Drawing

MOA: University of British Columbia

3289/16

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.

Textile

MOA: University of British Columbia

3080/21

Textile. Long cloth is dark brown with thin multi-coloured stripes at even intervals, and wide end stripes of mauve, green, blue and yellow. Ends hold a short warp fringe. Dense embroidery covers the surface in small motifs ranging from joined triangles, X-shapes, and boxes, in a colours such as ...