Ramito, garland, or assemblage of fruit forms made of gourds and other pericarps, and oval bateita (miniature platters) made of halves of seed pods of Pithecoctenium, lacquered in various colors; some decorated by brush painting; tied together with string. Total length 57 cm.
Donor:
Katharine D. Jenkins and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Olinalá, Guerrero, Mexico
Collector:
Katharine D. Jenkins
Collection date:
September 1966
Taxon:
Pithecoctenium
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Miniature (size attribute)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
January 17, 1973
Context of use:
Household decoration. Role in trade: Individual pieces lacquered in Temalacacingo, sold to people of Olinala, who add brush-painted decorations and inscriptions in oil paint, and assemble them for resale.
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Loans:
S1979-1980 #65: International House (UC Berkeley) (May 16, 1980–May 19, 1980)