Laquered box

Museum number:
3-26854a-c
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
LOP-5ab (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2897
Description:
Box, with key and stand; floral forms and geometric borders painted over black lacquer; box (a); stand (b); and key (c); overall measure when assembled: 19.5 x 11.5 x. 15 cm. Wood; (Linaloe); basic lacquer technique (see 3-26848). Decoration is brush painted with pigments in oil.
Donor:
Katharine D. Jenkins and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Olinalá, Guerrero, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico; Guerrero; Olinala
Maker or artist:
Juan Garcia Castro
Collector:
Katharine D. Jenkins
Collection date:
February 1966
Materials:
Metal, Paint (coating), and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Boxes (containers)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
January 17, 1973
Context of use:
Used for household decoration
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Loans:
S2010-2011 #8: SFO Museum (June 1, 2011–May 22, 2012)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Laquered box, accession number 3-26854a-c, described as Box, with key and stand; floral forms and geometric borders painted over black lacquer; box (a); stand (b); and key (c); overall measure when assembled: 19.5 x 11.5 x. 15 cm. Wood; (Linaloe); basic lacquer technique (see 3-26848). Decoration is brush painted with pigments in oil.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Laquered box, accession number 3-26854a-c, described as Box, with key and stand; floral forms and geometric borders painted over black lacquer; box (a); stand (b); and key (c); overall measure when assembled: 19.5 x 11.5 x. 15 cm. Wood; (Linaloe); basic lacquer technique (see 3-26848). Decoration is brush painted with pigments in oil.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Laquered box, accession number 3-26854a-c, described as Box, with key and stand; floral forms and geometric borders painted over black lacquer; box (a); stand (b); and key (c); overall measure when assembled: 19.5 x 11.5 x. 15 cm. Wood; (Linaloe); basic lacquer technique (see 3-26848). Decoration is brush painted with pigments in oil.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Laquered box, accession number 3-26854a-c, described as Box, with key and stand; floral forms and geometric borders painted over black lacquer; box (a); stand (b); and key (c); overall measure when assembled: 19.5 x 11.5 x. 15 cm. Wood; (Linaloe); basic lacquer technique (see 3-26848). Decoration is brush painted with pigments in oil.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Laquered box, accession number 3-26854a-c, described as Box, with key and stand; floral forms and geometric borders painted over black lacquer; box (a); stand (b); and key (c); overall measure when assembled: 19.5 x 11.5 x. 15 cm. Wood; (Linaloe); basic lacquer technique (see 3-26848). Decoration is brush painted with pigments in oil.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Laquered box, accession number 3-26854a-c, described as Box, with key and stand; floral forms and geometric borders painted over black lacquer; box (a); stand (b); and key (c); overall measure when assembled: 19.5 x 11.5 x. 15 cm. Wood; (Linaloe); basic lacquer technique (see 3-26848). Decoration is brush painted with pigments in oil.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Laquered box, accession number 3-26854a-c, described as Box, with key and stand; floral forms and geometric borders painted over black lacquer; box (a); stand (b); and key (c); overall measure when assembled: 19.5 x 11.5 x. 15 cm. Wood; (Linaloe); basic lacquer technique (see 3-26848). Decoration is brush painted with pigments in oil.

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