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Start Over Collector Jean Moss Donor William H. Kelly
Hearst Museum object titled Lacquered tray, accession number 3-29542, described as Tray: Large, circular painted tray decorated with flowers and a blue bird (possibly a peacock); background: black; other colors use: green, yellow, blue, grayish white, pink and white; pink faded; several cracks where pain has come away from wood; back is brown; 2 stamps reading, "Casa Cavillo Lacas Apartado 17 Uruapan, Michoacan" and price tag reading $35 dollars. 54.9 cm diameter. Native name: batea; from verb "batear" which means to mix; mixing container. Materials: wood; style of work is "embutido". Designs first scratched onto wood, then painted over with background color. Then, that color removed and filled with design colors. Context of use: purchased by collectors at a garage sale. Name implies originally used as a mixing container or could also have been used as a tray, but most likely a decorative item.

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