Pottery bowl; out turned rim; upper half wall verticle and smooth; lower half rough slanting inward to flat base; undecorated; wheel turned. H 5.5 cm, base diameter 3.7 cm, rim diameter 10.7 cm. See 25-3500-01. See field notes in acc. envelope
Donor:
Susan Weikel Palmer and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Campeche (city), Campeche, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico, Campeche, Campeche
Collector:
Susan Weikel Palmer
Collection date:
October 31, 1966
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels) and Pottery
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1967
Context of use:
Placed on household altar and graves with meat offering during Days of the Dead (Oct 31 - Nov 2)
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
diameter 10.7 centimeters and height 5.5 centimeters