Wake ("Velorio") tableau, ceramic, earthenware, handpainted, polychrome; recumbant man (corpse), blue trousers, holding hat in crook of left arm. L 24.0 cm x W 9.6 cm.
Donor:
George M. Foster and Mary LeCron Foster
Collection place:
Ocotlan, Oaxaca, Mexico
Maker or artist:
Timoteo Aguilar
Collector:
George M. Foster and Mary LeCron Foster
Collection date:
Summer 1958
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Earthenware and Figurines
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1958
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 9.6 centimeters and length 24 centimeters
Comment:
H-14-9
Loans:
S1964-1965 #10: Science Center (Diablo Valley College) (September 4, 1964–October 30, 1964), S1976-1977 #50: Palo Alto Cultural Center (February 25, 1977–April 27, 1977), and S2010-2011 #8: SFO Museum (June 1, 2011–May 22, 2012)